Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 14:31:37 +0100 From: Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson@visit.se> To: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: "private" DNS by-passing my ISPs? (Was: Re: /etc/hosts...) Message-ID: <20011217143137.A13740@foo31-249.visit.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0112171301540.5153-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>; from Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk on Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 01:05:01PM %2B0000 References: <20011217134638.A4572@foo31-249.visit.se> <Pine.GSO.4.31.0112171301540.5153-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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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... Many thanks for your fast reply! HAND, -- Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson at visit.se> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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