On 10/15/13 1:37 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote:
On 2013-10-15 19:17, David Newman wrote:
On 10/15/13 10:50 AM, Adam Armstrong wrote:
Why on earth would anyone log DNS requests?
Interesting question on a monitoring forum.
Reasons include capacity planning, troubleshooting (especially important with DNSSEC), tracking top domains, top RR types, top requesters, v4/v6 breakdown, and those are only the ones I can think of offhand.
Why would someone who believes any of the above (rather than invoking them as excuses) to be important be running their DNS off a tiny embedded device with no space for logging?
Invoking excuses? No, I'm really not.
You asked a question, and I answered it.
There are certainly other ways to get some of this, such as DNS MIB extensions or the excellent dnstop tool, but logs can be useful too, especially where details are essential.
You seem to be trying to invent a problem and then trying to blame us for it.
Sorry that you perceive it that way. I'm not blaming Observium for anything. As I said in the OP, I *like* what I've seen of your "stinky turd" thus far.
Per an earlier email, the root problem was me being relatively new to Debian, and not understanding that (unlike the BSDs, where I have more experience) a caching resolver isn't part of the default install.
I'm a newcomer to this tool and am trying to understand how it works. I've got at least one other question I don't see covered in the docs or in the FAQ, but now am reluctant to ask because you seem rather hostile.
Again, though, I *like* what I've seen so far.
dn
Beware that I have no tolerance for such time wasting nonsense.
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