http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=509234 Summary: DNS cache by default for openSUSE Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Factory Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: bugs@kurtkraut.net QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009050804 Mandriva/1.9.0.10-0.1mdv2009.1 (2009.1) Firefox/3.0.10 Many OSes take the advantage of having a local DNS cache, like Windows and MacOS. Mostly, DNS request hardly change and they have their own Time To Live value, so re-requesting each time the IP address of a domain is pretty an unnecessary process. Setting up a DNS cache for openSUSE (or even SuSE Linux) by default would enhance the desktop experience, save bandwith and speed up internet access. I've been using dnsmasq (a lighweight alternative) on my computers to do the job and it works great. By default, dnsmasq only replies to 127.0.0.1:53 request, so this wouldn't introduce security weakiness. Besides having a DNS cache (like dnsmasq) installed by default, the dhcp-client should add 127.0.0.1 as the first name server in /etc/resolv.conf. Another option would be nscd instead of nscd. This is a pretty easy, simple, powerfull feature. I strongly recommend it to be implemented. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.