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    Tinydns dnscache configuration not showing in menu in pfSense 1.2.3?

    1.2.3-PRERELEASE-TESTING snapshots - RETIRED
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      CliftonR
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      (I originally posted this in the "DNS server testing area", but this is probably a more appropriate place for it.  I'll remove the other posting.)

      Yesterday evening I installed a recent snapshot build of pfSense 1.2.3 from 3/7. (See my note in the Installation section of the forums.)

      I'd like to enable dnscache as a local caching forwarder.  That is the way I had set it up on my old firewall, and IMHO it provides a slight but noticeable performance boost, together with some protection in theory against DNS-based attacks.

      This morning I added the "dns server" package from the packages menu (and squid, in case it's relevant.)  A "DNS Servers" entry was added to the services menu, but it always takes me to the "New zone" wizard to set up a zone in tinydns, which I don't want to do at all.

      Was I mistaken in installing the dns server option to get dnscache?  If so, can I safely remove the package?

      If it does include dnscache, can I configure and enable dnscache from the web interface, or do I need to go do that from the shell command line?

      Thanks for any help you can offer.

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