From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Feb 12 8:47:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from Kitten.mcs.net (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 101423F26 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 08:47:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from mcs.net (dgobe.pr.mcs.net [204.137.234.195]) by Kitten.mcs.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA50033; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 10:47:05 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dgobe@mcs.net) Message-ID: <38A58E63.993B5837@mcs.net> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 10:46:27 -0600 From: "David A. Gobeille" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gene Harris Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DSL firewall and DNS References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Gene Harris wrote: > > Hi David, > > First, to address the issue of DSL, you need to check with > your service provider as to whether they will allow the use > of your own DNS via DSL. Some will, some have provisions in > their contract with you that you will be treated like a dial > up account. > This will be for a "business class" DSL account and you are allowed to run whatever servers/services you like. (Not a $50/mo. account) > To answer the question of DNS servers, you might be able to > fake your way through, you might not. Some registrars ask > you up front if you have two servers, etc. You also need to > check with your service provider. Some service providers > make you go thru them for registration, etc. They won't > necessarily honor any commitment for routing addresses to > your assigned ips, and some have been known to change your > ip addresses if you do not work through them. > The service provider in this case will let you run your own DNS and they have been very cooperative thus far. [snip] > > I probably didn't answer any of your questions, but I hope > my own experiences will help you ask all the right questions > of your providers before you spend any money on > registrations. > Thank you, always interested to hear other people's experiences. > *==============================================* > *Gene Harris http://www.tetronsoftware.com* > * Home of TeamAccess version control for * > * Microsoft Office 97 and 2000 * > * FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE - The Power to Serve * > * Redhat 6.1 Secure Web Server * > *==============================================* > -- Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message