Re: dnscache memory requirements for large number of server files

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Scott Gifford wrote:

> http://search.cpan.org/search?query=Net::DNS::Nameserver&mode=all
> 
> I have had fantastic luck using it to solve small, strange DNS problems like
> the one you are describing.  You could put an instance of dnscache in front
> of it to handle the caching and get answers without going to the Perl code,
> but really for these sorts of things Perl is pretty fast.

Just in case it's a "thinko" - he'd want the Perl lookup to occur before hitting
dnscache, otherwise it's a variant of his original problem (i.e. redirecting to
Perl instead of tinydns).


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