On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:48:35 +0900 John Summerfield <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 16:40:59 +0900, > > John Summerfield <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> So far as I can tell, and Ive been using RHL and its successors since > >> RHL 3.0.3, "caching nameserver" is a term invented by RH. > > > > I don't think so. > > You mightn't, but I did a little googling. If my memory is good the caching nameserver or cache only nameserver go back a good deal further, maybe even before Linux. I'd have to dig out old old versions of named and read the docs but I think it may even have been used in the documentation of the time.