On Mon, 10 Aug 2026, [email protected] wrote:
A real DNS server is one that works exactly as the DNS server standard intended. It queries the real root name servers to start any queries and nobody is messing around with the logic in it to ignore specific domains. It also does not query any of the "competitive TLD servers" that are run by people who are mad that they could not buy "mcdonalds.com" or "cocacola.com" and want to setup weird TLD's like .food, .drink, .tech and so on.
Ted, It's been so long since I've configured a new host that I've forgotten where the DNS IP addresses are stored. One I use is Google's (if I correctly recall it's 8.8.8.8.)
Typically these are run by ISPs and only accept queries from downstream customers. You CAN host your own - however you need a static IP address for starters, unless it's a caching DNS server.
I pay ZipplyFiber extra each month for a static IP address, but don't host my own. What puzzles me are 1. there's only the one web site I regularly visit. and 2. it stopped working last Thursday. I'll spend time today continuing to configure my laptop running Slackware-15.0. Rich
