dproxy is a caching DNS proxy for use on dial-up gateway machines. It is designed to behave nicely when the gateway is not connected. This prevents programs like Netscape from locking up when they try to do DNS lookups when there is no connection.
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Entries in /etc/hosts are permenantly cached allowing off-line access, better RFC compliance, cache file locking meaning no duplicate cache entries, install and config options for RedHat, Debian, and SuSE, and numerous other bugfixes.
