Re: Should I use a proxy? DNS cache?

2002-04-06 Thread Brian Nelson
"Karsten M. Self" writes: [snip] > Junkbuster similarly greatly increases browsing speed (and pleasure) > both by halting unnecessary banner downloads (unlike much web graphical > content, this is largely _unique_ data, and doesn't cache well), and the > related DNS lookups required to fetch this

Re: Should I use a proxy? DNS cache?

2002-04-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Apr 06, 2002, Michael D. Crawford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have a small home lan that is routed to the internet through a > machine that provides IP masquerading with kernel 2.4.18 iptables. > The gateway machine connects to the net with a 56k modem. There are > three client machine

Re: Should I use a proxy? DNS cache?

2002-04-06 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sat, 06 Apr 2002 02:39:27 CDT, "Michael D. Crawford" writes: <...> >Presently I am using neither a proxy nor a DNS cache. Would it help things to >use them? I can see how having a DNS cache would help when my ISP's >nameserver goes down, which it seems to quite a bit. > >If I should use a pro

Re: Should I use a proxy? DNS cache?

2002-04-06 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 16:27, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > has a more palatable license and author. haha :) Crispin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Should I use a proxy? DNS cache?

2002-04-06 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > Presently I am using neither a proxy nor a DNS cache. Would it help things to > use them? I can see how having a DNS cache would help when my ISP's > nameserver Yes, you'll notice things are a bit quicker, especially if your proxy has a massive

Re: Should I use a proxy? DNS cache?

2002-04-06 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > DNS is another issue. I would suggest you use djbdns ( > http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html ) rather than Bind, as it will allow you to > decide what you want and only what you want to have it do, and will use > significantly less resources on your gateway machine. It is easier to > configure, less p

Re: Should I use a proxy? DNS cache?

2002-04-06 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 15:39, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > I have a small home lan that is routed to the internet through a machine that > provides IP masquerading with kernel 2.4.18 iptables. The gateway machine > connects to the net with a 56k modem. There are three client machines, plus > th

Should I use a proxy? DNS cache?

2002-04-06 Thread Michael D. Crawford
I have a small home lan that is routed to the internet through a machine that provides IP masquerading with kernel 2.4.18 iptables. The gateway machine connects to the net with a 56k modem. There are three client machines, plus the gateway for a total of four machines. Presently I am using n