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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

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