Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:50:40 +0100 From: Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson@visit.se> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: devin-freebsdquestions@rintrah.org, oscars@mail.utexas.edu Subject: Re: "private" DNS by-passing my ISPs? (Was: Re: /etc/hosts...) Message-ID: <20011217185040.B1344@foo31-249.visit.se> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20011217113109.02a11410@mail.utexas.edu>; from oscars@mail.utexas.edu on Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 11:34:49AM -0600 References: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0112171301540.5153-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> <20011217134638.A4572@foo31-249.visit.se> <Pine.GSO.4.31.0112171301540.5153-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> <20011217143137.A13740@foo31-249.visit.se> <5.1.0.14.2.20011217113109.02a11410@mail.utexas.edu>
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On Mon Dec 17, 2001 at 11:34:49AM -0600, Oscar Ricardo Silva wrote: > At 02:31 PM 12/17/2001 +0100, Martin Karlsson, you wrote: > >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! > > I would recommend using djbdns, Dan Bernstein's DNS server / caching > nameserver. It's fairly easy to setup and you can tune it in many > different ways. You'll need to install > /usr/ports/net/djbdns /usr/ports/sysutils/daemontools. You can get > setup/config information at: > > <http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html>; > <http://www.djbdns.org>; > <http://www.lifewithdjbdns.org>; Thanks a lot, guys, you've been very helpful; I'll be looking into djbdns promptly. Be well! -- 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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