D. J. Bernstein
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djbdns

Frequently asked questions

Orientation

How does DNS work?
How does reverse DNS work?
Which programs should I use?
Which programs should I use behind a firewall?
Is there really a cash reward for security holes?

Local DNS cache

How do I configure a local cache?
How do I tell my cache to consult internal DNS servers?
How do I tell my cache to forward queries to an external cache?
Can I use a local cache and a separate DNS server on the same host?
Why is dnscache repeating an IP address?
How fast is dnscache?

External DNS cache

How do I configure an external cache?
How do I configure my clients to use an external cache?
Can I use an external cache and a separate DNS server on the same host?
How do I increase the cache size?
How do I measure the effects of the cache size?

DNS server

How do I configure a DNS server?
How do I tell tinydns about a host address?
How do I check that tinydns is providing the right address for a host?
How do I tell tinydns about an alias?
How do I tell tinydns about a mail server address?
How do I replicate my DNS service?
Can the parent administrator use a different name for my server?
What other delegation rules do I have to watch out for?
How do I delegate a domain to another server?
How do I accept a reverse delegation?
How do I balance load among my web servers?
How do I direct traffic away from a dead server?
How do I send different clients to different clusters of servers?
How do I answer TCP queries?
How do I use nslookup with tinydns?
How fast is tinydns?
How long does tinydns take to load data before it answers queries?
How long does tinydns-data take to build data.cdb?

Reverse DNS wall

What is a reverse DNS wall?
How do I configure a reverse DNS wall?

Outgoing DNS zone transfers

What are zone transfers?
How do I configure a zone-transfer service?
Can I run tinydns and axfrdns on the same IP address?