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From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net>
To: Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson@visit.se>
Subject: Re: "private" DNS by-passing my ISPs? (Was: Re: /etc/hosts...)
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 13:42:13 +0100
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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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