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Comment: [Original edit by JustinMason] breaking out new sections for djbdns and rbldnsd, for later expansion

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The standard solution is to install a local caching nameserver to cache repeated DNS requests. This will significantly reduce network traffic due to DNS lookups. This improves system efficiency.

Installing BIND As A Caching Nameserver

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This pagesection describes installing \[http://www.isc.org BIND\] (Berkeley Internet Name Daemon) in a caching configuration on the system.  BIND is the standard nameserver in use on the Internet today.  More internet servers run BIND than any other nameserver daemon.  There are also other alternative DNS nameservers in common use. Here are a few.

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\[http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/rbldnsd.html rbldnsd\] is a small and fast DNS daemon which is especially made to serve DNSBL zones. This daemon was inspired by Dan J. Bernstein's rbldns program found in the djbdns package.  The \[http://www.surbl.org/dnscache-rbldnsd.html rbldnsd FAQ\] at surbl.org.
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Debian GNU/Linux
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The \[http://www.debian.org Debian\] system uses APT (Advanced Package Tool) to manage the system.  The following commands will install BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Daemon) version 9 on the system.
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yum install caching-nameserver
chkconfig named on
service named start

Installing djbdns As A Caching Nameserver
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\[http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html djbdns\] / \[http://tinydns.org/ tinydns\] is D. J. Bernstein's DNS daemon.   If you have a good guide to the commands required to install this on a typical system, please edit this page and fill out this section.
Installing djbdns As A Caching Nameserver
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\[http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/rbldnsd.html rbldnsd\] is a small and fast DNS daemon which is especially made to serve DNSBL zones. This daemon was inspired by Dan J. Bernstein's rbldns program found in the djbdns package.  The \[http://www.surbl.org/dnscache-rbldnsd.html rbldnsd FAQ\] at surbl.org.
If you have a good guide to the commands required to install this on a typical system, please edit this page and fill out this section.
Setting up the system to use the Caching Nameserver
GNU C library configuration
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