DNS Cache

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DNS Cache

Hi Community,

is the DNS Cache persistent or is a reboot also flushing the DNS Cache automatically?

Bye Tom

MacPro, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Jul 16, 2010 12:40 PM

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Answer 1

baltwo

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Jul 16, 2010 2:48 PM in response to prontosystems

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2489496

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Answer 2

Jul 16, 2010 2:57 PM in response to baltwo

I know about dscacheutil and how I can flush the DNS Cache manually. My question was, if a reboot is flushing the DNS Cache also? In other words: Do I have to flush the DNS Cache exclusive by using dscacheutil in order to debug a DNS issue or does a system reboot come up with the same result?

Thanks for your attention

Bye Tom

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baltwo

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Jul 16, 2010 3:18 PM in response to prontosystems

Thanks for clarifying. Don't know since I have no such issues. BTW, why bother rebooting? If you manually flush it, it's gone, and you can continue troubleshooting.

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Answer 4

Jul 16, 2010 3:52 PM in response to baltwo

baltwo wrote:
Thanks for clarifying. Don't know since I have no such issues. BTW, why bother rebooting? If you manually flush it, it's gone, and you can continue troubleshooting.

Maybe if this problem exist since a couple of days and several reboots were in between, I can safely ignore the possibility that one more flush of the DNS Cache could fix this problem 😉

Provided that a reboot does the same.

Bye Tom

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