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Services Utility: DNS Client Service | Display Name (?): | DNS Client | | Short Name (?): | DNSCache | | Executable (?): | svchost.exe | | Library (?): | dnsrslvr.dll | | Depends On (?): | Tcpip | | Supports (?): | None. | | Description (?): | Resolves and caches Domain Name System (DNS) names for this computer. If this service is stopped, this computer will not be able to resolve DNS names and locate Active Directory domain controllers. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start. | | OS (?): | 2000 Professional, XP Home/Professional, Vista Home/Business, 2000 Server, Server 2003, Vista Server | | Startup (?): | | Default | Home | Workstation | Server | Minimal | Tweaked | Automatic | | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Manual | Disabled | Disabled | |
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The DNS client service is used in looking up and caching DNS entries for use in the future. This updates the revolver cache which it uses to fetch the identity of a DNS entry. A DNS (domain naming system) is a name applied to a particular website IP address. Using this service will in theory increase the speed of DNS lookups as it will search the local DNS revolver cache before it attempts to ask a network DNS server. This service though is not required and can safely be disabled if you do not wish to use it for whatever reason. The server can also be set to manual but may activate when required.
It may be useful to know the DNS revolver cache can be viewed with the 'IPCONFIG /displaydns' console command and can also be cleared with the 'IPCONFIG /flushdns' console command. In order to view the revolver cache or to clear it you will need to be running the service. |
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"Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship[...] Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." - Herman Goering: Intelligence office interview at Nuremberg, 1946/4/18
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