Group: linux.gentoo.user
From: kashani
Date: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] local caching DNS?

Andrew Gaydenko wrote:
> Hi!
> ======= On Wednesday 09 April 2008, you wrote: =======
> ...
>> Does not seem to matter here much, since I suspend, not turn off. But
>> anyway, most DNS names should be cached only few hours, half a day or
>> so (well, there are some that have week long timeouts, but not many).
>
> Not sure I have noticed drawbacks of using a permanent cache during few
> years - probably I use too stable net resources :-)

As an admin that occasionally has cause to shift traffic between coasts
for maintenance I hate *hate* anything that ignores my TTLs and consider
such software broken and bane upon our fair Internet.

kashani
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