Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 13:42:13 +0100 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson@visit.se> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: "private" DNS by-passing my ISPs? (Was: Re: /etc/hosts...) Message-ID: <20011223124119.902BA37B405@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20011217143137.A13740@foo31-249.visit.se> References: <20011217134638.A4572@foo31-249.visit.se> <Pine.GSO.4.31.0112171301540.5153-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> <20011217143137.A13740@foo31-249.visit.se>
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On Monday 17 December 2001 2:31 pm, Martin Karlsson wrote: > On Mon Dec 17, 2001 at 01:05:01PM +0000, Jan Grant wrote: > > That depends. Good, innit? In this case, it depends on whether your ISP > > is filtering/intercepting DNS traffic. If they've got problems keeping > > their own DNS running, then that may be unlikely. > > "That depends" is a phrase which fills my heart with sunshine.. ;-) > > > You just need to set up a caching nameserver. > > OK. I got an off-list reply suggesting I'd add some often visited/used > servers to /etc/hosts, and I think I'll do that while looking into > setting up a cahing nameserver. > > Any particular pitfalls I should avoid when setting one up? A link to a > good tutorial? Everything is welcome... > http://www.sendmail.org/tips/private-dns/ is quite a good little tip as well To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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