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network-manager package

  1. Bug #940417
  2. Comment #1

Comment 1 for bug 940417

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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote : Re: No setting exists to enable/disable DNS cache in System Settings-->Network

Setting this as Triaged now is a little reaching, but I can definitely confirm that there is no such option right now in gnome-control-center, and that this might be the right thing to do (with some design guidance). Definitely something to look into for 12.10.

At this point however, and with 12.04 that does ship dnsmasq, there won't be such an option just yet. *However*, dnsmasq is also being started with caching *disabled*, on purpose. dnsmasq's DNS cache is global for all users, so activating such cache presents a potential security vulnerability, which prompted for it to be disabled.

After rework of the actual method of caching at the dnsmasq level or by using a different tool, with per-user caching being available, we might then be able to enable caching by default. At this point providing a way to toggle such a feature will be useful.