On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:15:40 +0000 Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> opined: > David Cary Hart wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:59:31 +0000 > > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> opined: > > > >>David Cary Hart wrote: > >> > >>>I assume that you new Extras build includes gzip support. I'm > >>>thinking in terms of my site's rbldnsd tutorial for FC. Before I muck > >>>it up can you explain why anyone would want their zone files > >>>compressed? > >> > >>Probably because they're mirroring them from somewhere else that has > >>huge zone files and it saves them some bandwidth. > >> > > > > Thanks. > > The upstream author's reasoning can be read here actually: > http://www.corpit.ru/pipermail/rbldnsd/2005q4/000566.html > > Cheers, Paul. > That begs the question of what is an rsync friendly ordering of records? I always sort by IP number except for new entries which are added to the bottom as the swatch daemon identifies them. I'm am getting hammered by rsync and wonder if sorting more often than once daily might improve performance. The other issue is that the IP sort is really a numerical sort. I'm wondering if I should use a true octet sort (I have a script) instead. -- Our DNSRBL - Eliminate Spam: http://www.TQMcube.com Multi-RBL Check: http://www.TQMcube.com/rblcheck.php Zombie Graphs: http://www.TQMcube.com/zombies.php
