Disabling the DNS cache of Mozilla Firefox

Last update on September 17, 2009 11:05 AM by jak58
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Disabling the DNS cache of Mozilla Firefox









The DNS cache is used to convert host name to IP addresses in order to fetch requested web page on the internet. Set as defaults, the DNS cache optimizes and improves the performance of request for web page.

Moreover this can be very annoying for webmasters when trying to configure ip addresse manually for a server under test via file hosting.

Below is a tips of how to disable DNS cache set as default for Mozilla Firefox.
  • First of all, start Firefox.
  • In the search bar, type "about:config"
  • Right click in the list and select New¯ > Integer Value
  • Enternetwork.dnsCacheEntries¯ as Preference Name and 0¯ as Integer value¯.
  • This will disable the DNS cache for Firefox.
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