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- Dumb Caching Name Server For AmiTCP
- -----------------------------------
- Here it is, a dumb name server for AmiTCP for simple LAN usage. It
- processes name server queries out of the host table the machine it is
- running on or or by forwarding requests to your uplink name server (it does
- a simple gethostbyname() internally). Succesfull requests are cached in
- the file "AmiTCP:db/nameserver.db" for up to 90 days. It uses a hashing
- algorithm for fast lookup.
-
- Installation:
-
- 1. copy NameD to AmiTCP:Serv/
-
- 2. add the following lines to AmiTCP:db/inetd.conf:
-
- # AmiTCP nameserver
- nameserver dgram udp wait root amitcp:serv/named
-
- 3. make sure resolv.conf of your nameserver host points
- to your uplink's name server.
-
- 4. change AmiTCP:db/resolv.conf of all your LAN machines
- to query the host the name server is running on
- (NAMESERVER=<ip-address of your nameserver host>).
- No more need for local host tables, then.
-
- Notes:
-
- - You can delete the cache file at any time to recreate the data base
- from scratch. Entries will time out after 90 days and will be reread
- then.
-
- - the included executable is compiled for 68030 CPUs. You will have to
- recompile it if you want to run it on 68000 machines.
-