From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 11 20:55:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C12537B401 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:55:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from pursued-with.net (adsl-66-125-9-242.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [66.125.9.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C955943E42 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:55:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net) Received: from pursued-with.net (fffinch [192.168.168.101]) by pursued-with.net (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gAC4tTAF099745; Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:55:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:55:29 -0800 Subject: Re: Running a DNS server Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v548) Cc: To: "Terry Cooper" From: Kevin Stevens In-Reply-To: <001301c28a05$3e9f92f0$040a0a0a@donatev49iknkl> Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.548) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, Nov 11, 2002, at 20:37 US/Pacific, Terry Cooper wrote: > I would like to know if any home users have a DNS server set up. Yes, at least one home user has a DNS server set up. > My internet provider (Tellus in Canada) will not allow me to run a > server of any type. I have been for the past 4 months (Apache & FTP). > I am afraid if I set up a > DNS server I will be found or they will not propaget my DNS > information. More importantly, you should now be asking yourself what you have to offer me to discourage me from sending a copy of your post to your ISP. > Is there a way to get around this? Yes, though it seems the horse has left the barn. You could have your DNS hosted on other servers, and update your zone files via web browser. A variety of places offer this service. > Or is this how ISP's catch you hosting servers? No, they usually find out from people who post messages in public forums stating that they host servers. KeS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message