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Original Message

Name: TechShaman
Date: August 12, 2008 at 08:07:50 Pacific
Subject: DNS newbie
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: N/A
Manufacturer/Model: vostro 200

Comment:

I'm working for a small IT company and one of our processes involves lots of IP resolutions. As I understand it, it is very time consuming and we're looking into setting up some kind of DNS server that can be working (and storing) on these requests 24/7.
Unfortunately I do not know too much about setting up a DNS server or if there is anything I should be aware of for this case...
Do I need a dedicated machine or can this run as a background process on a comp?
Do I need to be running Windows Server 2008?
Any help here, or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
TechShaman

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Response Number 1

Name: Fist (by fmwap)
Date: August 29, 2008 at 21:23:30 Pacific

Reply:

I would never recommend you use a windows server for anything, ever.
It doesn't HAVE to be dedicated machine, but it SHOULD be, as it may be under a heavy load a times.
I would install BIND on a linux/BSD box:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....

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Response Number 2

Name: Fist (by fmwap)
Date: August 29, 2008 at 21:25:16 Pacific

Reply:

Oh, I forgot to add, look for 'CACHING BIND' or 'caching nameserver' to setup the reply cache.

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