Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:50:43 -0400 From: Brandon Niemczyk <maccorin@cfl.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS question in regards to /etc/resolv.conf Message-ID: <20040426195043.GA3028@lappy> In-Reply-To: <486179499.20040426143755@mygirlfriday.info> References: <408D43A7.6070207@verizon.net> <408D5D79.5080308@potentialtech.com> <20040426192438.GA2287@lappy> <486179499.20040426143755@mygirlfriday.info>
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--5vNYLRcllDrimb99 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 02:37:55PM -0500, Gary wrote: > Hi there Brandon, >=20 > I lost Bill's original message, so if you don't mind, I will tag this > response on to yours <g> >=20 > Monday, April 26, 2004, 2:24:38 PM, you wrote: >=20 > >> Will you need to host your own DNS _server_? If so, then the answer is > >> much more complicated. > B> if he's using dynamic dns, i'm assuming he has a dynamic IP. In which > B> case it would be a bit difficult to have his own dns. >=20 > B> I suppose he _could_ have dnsdns/godaddy point to his dns server, and > B> then have that resolve his ip... but that's kind of pointless. >=20 > There is one other very important piece of info needed, that Bill needs > to get, before all of this. He has to make sure Verizon does not block > ports 25, 80, and 53, so he can use a mail/web/DNS server to begin with. very true, I've had a couple ISPs that did that before strangly though all of them forgot to block port 443, and encryption rocks anyways :P Another trick I've learned w/ my current ISP is they check you for servers every so often, a simple way to get around that is to just block their admins ipaddress pool w/ your firewall. If this is getting to OT I apologize. I'm just outlining a few of the pitfalls and solutions I've found w/ running a server from home. --=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brandon Niemczyk Public PGP Key ID: CAB3D8D6=20 hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --5vNYLRcllDrimb99 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFAjWgT63Mn4Mqz2NYRAns+AJ9wC92+SF94P2caqtG7N/LsNaNsKQCYr10W NA5VVdFMcUG4NfKUbN2OCg== =elru -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5vNYLRcllDrimb99--
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