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djbdns

Posted Jan 20, 2003 0:03 UTC (Mon) by iabervon (subscriber, #722)
In reply to: djbdns by anr
Parent article: A couple of alternative DNS servers

The license is somewhat inconvenient for users who want, for example, a local-only DNS server
which keeps its cache across reboots, like you might want for a desktop machine. A patch exists
to make dnscache do this, but it has to be applied by hand by the end user due to the license.

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djbdns

Posted Jan 24, 2003 12:49 UTC (Fri) by anr (subscriber, #234) [Link]

I don't think this is a good example, because the vast majority of users wouldn't benefit from this patch (there's a reason it isn't implemented upstream).

It's better to configure your desktop's dnscache in forward only mode.

But if you installed from source & want the patch anyway, applying it isn't rocket science ;-)