[dns-operations] Opinions sought .... have I come to the right place?

[Doug Barton]

On 11/07/2013 12:55 PM, Stephan Lagerholm wrote:
>
>>> Keep in mind that most cache system are using Least Recent Used
>>> Algorithm for their cache without any removal of expired records.
>>
>> Doesn't BIND use an unbound cache by default?
>
> As you point out, it looks like they don't have a max by default.
> They are not doing periodically cleaning either AFAIK:
> https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/bind-users/2012-June/087824.html

The cleaning-interval option has been deprecated because cleaning 
happens in BIND more dynamically now. So the cache is actually getting 
cleaned more frequently, not at specific points in time.

hth,

Doug