From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 5 14:25:04 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1B5616A41F for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 14:25:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from b_bonev@mail.orbitel.bg) Received: from smtp.orbitel.bg (smtp.orbitel.bg [195.24.32.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6595E43D45 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 14:25:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from b_bonev@mail.orbitel.bg) Received: (qmail 21340 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2005 14:25:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (10.0.0.4) by smtp.orbitel.bg with SMTP; 5 Aug 2005 14:25:01 -0000 Received: from smtp.orbitel.bg ([10.0.0.3]) by localhost (sof-rv2.orbitel.bg [10.0.0.4]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15990-75 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 17:25:01 +0300 (EEST) Received: from server (unknown [83.228.34.40]) by smtp.orbitel.bg (Postfix) with ESMTP id 070B5A5CC44 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 17:25:00 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <000a01c599c9$76f1c700$4700000a@server> From: "B. Bonev" To: Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 17:24:57 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1251" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-Unsent: 1 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at orbitel.bg Subject: Fw: DNS caching: Squid, BIND or anything else? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:25:05 -0000 >> My question is what's the difference between Squid DNS caching and BIND >> and other programs that cache DNS requests >>BIND is a DNS server. It will reply to DNS queries from others. Squid >>DNS won't reply to others DNS queries. >I want just DNS caching. Is Squid is enough for that task? >Better use djbdns :) >It's simple, fast and reliable. > >Ivailo Tanusheff >Senior System administrator >ProCredit Bank (Bulgaria) AD I think that Squid have a internal DNS server. Now, as understand I must have configure Squid for HTTP req, and BIND or another DNS cache server for DNS req...