Just create a simple dnsfile.txt
>From: "Christine Rorer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [analog-help] First-time user >Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:22:54 -0500 > >Thanks a million for the explanation. How often then do I rebuild this DNS >file? I'm trying to use QuickDNS, but I don't know how to use it to CREATE >my DNS file. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Aengus >Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 10:05 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [analog-help] First-time user > > >Christine Rorer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm new too and would like to ask about what you've written below. > > Where exactly does this DNS file come from (dnsfile.txt)? I'm trying > > to understand this DNS stuff... > >Because DNS lookups are slow (very slow), Analog caches DNS lookups in a >file that you specify. The next time you run Analog, it checks the file >before it does the DNS lookup, and only does a DNS lookup for new >addresses that aren't in the DNS file. > >Because Analog is designed to work this way, there are a number of 3rd >party DNS helper applications that use different techniques to generate >the DNS cache file, and they can usually create the file in a few >minutes, whereas Analog can take hours. (This is not a criticism of >Analog. Because the Analog code is designed to run on many different >platforms, it uses generic techniques to do DNS lookups, and only does >them one at a time. Most of the helper apps resolve many addresses at >once, and are typically platform specific). > >So when you are using a 3rd party app to create the DNS cache file, you >use > >DNS READ >DSNFILE some.dns.file > >Analog will only use the addresses in the dns file, and won't look up >any "fresh" addresses it encounters. If you specify DNS WRITE instead, >Analog will try to look any addresses that it can't find in the DNS >file, and write them to the file. If the file doesn't exist, and you >specify DNS WRITE, Analog will create it. > >Aengus > >+------------------------------------------------------------------------ >| This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this >| mailing list, go to >| http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html >| >| List archives are available at >| http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >| http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ >| http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 >+------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >+------------------------------------------------------------------------ >| This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this >| mailing list, go to >| http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html >| >| List archives are available at >| http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >| http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ >| http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 >+------------------------------------------------------------------------ _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
