Jacques Nilo wrote: > > > OK, this is really not about Dachstein, although that is the > > distribution that we're using ;> > > > > What are the primary differences between dnscache and tinydns ??? > http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/dnscache1.html > http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/tinydns1.html > > > What are the criteria we ought to consider, in deciding which to > deploy? > Really two different needs. If you only need to access the web dnscache > will speed up your requests (that is the "cache" part of it) but it will > also make your request more secure. > Tinydns is needed if you want to serve the adresses of your domain(s). > Basically it will be here a replacement for BIND (in fact BIND combines > the dnscache & tinydns function in the same program). But tinydns is > much more secure and a LOT LOT smaller (compare size of tinydns.lrp & > bind.lrp :-) ) > Background material here: > http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/dnscache6.html
Aha! That's exactly why I didn't want to trust my first reaction ;> I misread those links and thought that it was an either-or scenario. Now, I understand where I need *both* dnscache and tinydns; but, that I need dnscache on every system . . . Thank you. -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
