[Dnsmasq-discuss] Dnsmasq with Gigantic hosts file

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Sun Jan 22 12:40:43 GMT 2012


On 22/01/12 01:16, Preston Crow wrote:
> On 01/11/12 13:26, Simon Kelley wrote:
>> and a further question, can you send me a copy of our hosts file? It's
>> easy to benchmark accurately if we have real data.
>
> Since it's the internal corporate host names and IP addresses, it's not
> something that I can distribute. Just generate 50,000 or so random host
> names and IP addresses, and you'll see the same problem.
>
> And I apologize for all the slow replies--I sent the initial email just
> before leaving town, which in retrospect was not the wisest timing.
>
>


could you try

<http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/test-releases/dnsmasq-2.60test10.tar.gz>

That starts with ~18000 names from the hosts file at work in less than a 
second on a 3Ghz P4


Cheers,

Simon.




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