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Completing your internet setup

For full operation, mnemonic relies on several external tools. In particular, mnemonic does not contain code for caching of web pages or for caching of DNS queries. This was a deliberate decision: there is no point in duplicating code when there is already excellent software available that does the job. It keeps mnemonic small and easier to debug, and allows users more flexibility. As a side effect, of course, this does mean that installing mnemonic is a bit more complicated.

None of the tools listed here are absolutely necessary, but they will in general speed up mnemonic by a significant amount.

Caching software

  1. For caching of web pages, we recommend the WWWOFFLE software. This tool is intended as a caching proxy which should be installed on your local machine.

    Over the standard cache systems found in other browsers, WWWOFFLE has the big advantage that it is much more configurable, and you can moreover browse the cache directly.

  2. For caching of DNS queries, the obvious solution is to install the BIND nameserver as a local caching server.

    There is a DNS HOWTO in the Linux Documentation Project that describes how to setup BIND for local caching purposes.

  3. Alternatively, you can use the light-weight proxy dproxy.