Jonathan Yarden @ TechRepublic: Disable DNS caching on workstations

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Mon Apr 18 18:02:46 UTC 2005


Once upon a time, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick at ianai.net> said:
> Most desktop OSes do not re-query for the name again.

Don't confuse apps and OSes.  If I run "lynx", it does a DNS lookup for
each connect (even when it is the same hostname).

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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.



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