Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:31:10 -0400 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd-update question Message-ID: <h5l1rd$r5p$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <20090808215929.588e3364@gumby.homeunix.com> <515267.83277.qm@web51008.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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Richard Mahlerwein wrote: [snip] > > I currently have my little westell DSL router set to be my DNS for all my > boxes behind it. While a neat little box, it has its issues from time to > time. Should I at least point my DNS to the DNS it uses to save an extra > relay? Depends. I don't know if the Westell does any caching of recursive queries. I don't use it as I have a FreeBSD gateway box that runs my DNS. I have it forwarding to OpenDNS DNS servers, so I don't even use Verizon's. Locally caching DNS lookups locally saves trips. Various different configs are possible, and all will probably do the job effectively. YMMV > Sort of off topic, but it has begun to annoy me that Verizon has decided > to redirect requests to domains that don't exist to their search pages. I > haven't noticed they are proxying, but they could be if they did so > reasonably transparently. And, with hijacking nonexistent domains, > they've led me to believe they COULD be doing something goofy like that. > Is there any easy way to actually confirm or deny they're doing more goofy > stuff? > > This is how you opt out of this "service": http://www.verizon.net/central/vzc.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=vzc_help_contentDisplay&case=dns_assist Essentially just change the Verizon DNS server IP last two numbers from .12 to .14 for both Primary and Secondary in your Westell. -Mike
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