dns cache on a desktop

[Frank Shute]

On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 10:23:47PM +0300, Abdullah Al-Marrie wrote:
>
> On 12/10/06, Gerard Seibert <gerard at seibercom.net> wrote:
> >On Sunday December 10, 2006 at 01:20:37 (AM) Abdullah Al-Marrie wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On 12/10/06, Dan Nelson <dnelson at allantgroup.com> wrote:
> >> > In the last episode (Dec 09), Jonathan Horne said:
> >> > > how can i flush the dns cache on my desktop system?  google turns up
> >> > > plenty on how to do it in linux or osx... but not freebsd.  can
> >> > > someone clue me in?
> >> >
> >> > Just bounce named:  /etc/rc.d/named restart
> >> >
> >> > If you are not running named, you have no cache to flush :)
> >> >
> >> > --
> >>
> >> Is there away to cache dns for faster lookup, I don't run named? I use 
> >DHCP.
> >
> >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-dns.html
> >
> >--
> >Gerard
> 
> This only covers running named in the box.
> 
> Is there a port can cache the dns in the desktop that doesn't run bind?
> 

dns/pdnsd

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