From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Feb 12 10: 9:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from bsdie.rwsystems.net (bsdie.rwsystems.net [209.197.223.2]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 456243D0F for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 10:09:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from bsdie.rwsystems.net([209.197.223.2]) (1398 bytes) by bsdie.rwsystems.net via sendmail with P:esmtp/R:bind_hosts/T:inet_zone_bind_smtp (sender: ) id for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 12:05:19 -0600 (CST) (Smail-3.2.0.106 1999-Mar-31 #1 built 1999-Aug-7) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 12:05:19 -0600 (CST) From: James Wyatt To: Gene Harris Cc: "David A. Gobeille" , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DSL firewall and DNS In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Gene Harris answered David A. Gobeille's DSL/DNS questions with: [ ... ] > Now that I have a better idea about your service, you'll be > a lot better off letting the isp be your 2nd DNS server. > That way, if your machine blows up, folks can still view > your web site, send you email, etc. Or have your ISP secondary from your primary DNS server on your DSL and put their servers on the InterNic records... You will also have fewer folks trying to hack your primary DNS server when it isn't listed. 8{) It lets you update easily while providing more reliable and faster DNS host. (Not to knock your host, but the link adds a hop or two, a dozen or so mS, and more pieces) Always reduce the path to DNS servers... - Jy@ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message