[Fwd: lwresd howto]

[Steve Rikli]

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:01:50PM -0700, Mark Foster wrote:
> Mike Meyer wrote:
> ...
> I have no problem using dnsmasq if that is the best recommendation, in 
> fact I quite like it but am not fond of djbdns.
> However lwresd *is* in the base install vs. dnsmasq which is a port, so 
> would like to use lwresd if possible (or something else in base like 
> cached). There is nothing I find in the man page, handbook or google 
> that says I shouldn't or can't use lwresd, only hints that I can, yet 
> with no clear working real-world examples.
> 
> So I'm really hoping for two answers.
> 1. Can lwresd be used (somehow) or not
> 2. What are the viable/best alternatives to  #1 for a caching-only stub 
> resolver (like nscd on linux)

Wrt #2, I was able to compile & install nscd from FreeBSD src, but only
on systems running fairly modern releases -- IIRC no older than 6.2 .

cheers,
sr.