[mdlug] Strange Log Entry
Adam Tauno Williams
awilliam at whitemice.org
Fri Apr 12 13:50:31 EDT 2013
On Fri, 2013-04-12 at 12:12 -0400, Mat Enders wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:23 AM, A. Zimmer <andrew.zimmer at comcast.net>wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:53:37 -0400
> > Mat Enders <mat.enders at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Why are you using a service to o this you can set whatever you want t
> > use as your DNS in /etc/resolv.conf.
> > I use 127.0.0.1 as my nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf. The pdnsd service
> > allows me to bypass my ISP's nameserver and to use my own machine. I am
> > not going to allow Comcast to create a record of every DNS request that
> > I make. You can call it paranoia but pdnsd is available and it is very
> > simple, so why not.
+1
I run a local named; for some of the same reasons plus local DNS is just
*WAY* faster.
Providing a caching DNS server is just brain-dead easy, consumes
extremely few resources, gives you additional privacy/confidentiality,
and better performance. Win all around.
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Adam Tauno Williams GPG D95ED383
Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA
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