DNS Archive

  • In Linux, the nscd daemon manages the DNS cache. To flush the DNS cache, restart the nscd daemon. To restart the nscd daemon, use the command `/etc/init.d/nscd restart`.

    How to Flush DNS in Linux

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    In Linux, the nscd daemon manages the DNS cache. To flush the DNS cache, restart the nscd daemon. To restart the nscd daemon, use the command `/etc/init.d/nscd restart`.

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  • In Mac OSX Leopard, you can use the command dscacheutil -flushcache to flush the DNS resolver cache: bash-2.05a$ dscacheutil -flushcache In Mac OSX versions 10.5.1 and before, the command lookupd...

    How to Flush DNS in Mac OSX

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    In Mac OSX Leopard, you can use the command dscacheutil -flushcache to flush the DNS resolver cache: bash-2.05a$ dscacheutil -flushcache In Mac OSX versions 10.5.1 and before, the command lookupd...

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  • You can modify the behavior of the Microsoft Windows DNS caching algorithm by setting two registry entries in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters registry key. The MaxCacheTtl represents the maximum time that the...

    Tuning DNS Caching under Microsoft Windows

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    You can modify the behavior of the Microsoft Windows DNS caching algorithm by setting two registry entries in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters registry key. The MaxCacheTtl represents the maximum time that the...

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  • If you experience frequent issues with DNS caching under Microsoft Windows , you can disable client-side DNS caching with either of these two commands: 1. net stop dnscache 2. sc...

    Turning off DNS Caching under Microsoft Windows

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    If you experience frequent issues with DNS caching under Microsoft Windows , you can disable client-side DNS caching with either of these two commands: 1. net stop dnscache 2. sc...

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  • Most DNS clients cache the results of name resolution requests. This speeds up name resolution if multiple lookups are done to the same address, such as is common when browsing...

    How do I Flush DNS?

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Most DNS clients cache the results of name resolution requests. This speeds up name resolution if multiple lookups are done to the same address, such as is common when browsing...

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