Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Mark Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.13.2231 +0200]: > Sorry, I was taking the above question as a separate question, not > necessarily relating to the original context. I do specify some of my > ISP's DNS as forwarders to bind, and I use bind because my machine's the > server tha

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread ben
On Sunday 13 October 2002 01:31 pm, Mark Carroll wrote: > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 the mental interface of > > > > Mark Carroll told: > > > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Mike Egglestone wrote: > > > > Would it be unwise to install bind on your own box? > > > >

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread Mark Carroll
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 the mental interface of > Mark Carroll told: > > > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Mike Egglestone wrote: > > > > > Would it be unwise to install bind on your own box? > > > and then set your resolv.conf to > > > nameserver 127.0.0.1 ???

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 the mental interface of Mark Carroll told: > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Mike Egglestone wrote: > > > Would it be unwise to install bind on your own box? > > and then set your resolv.conf to > > nameserver 127.0.0.1 ??? > > I do exactly that, then all my nameserver config is don

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Mike Egglestone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.13.1932 +0200]: > Would it be unwise to install bind on your own box? > and then set your resolv.conf to > nameserver 127.0.0.1 ??? He should still use an upstream forwarder (what a misnomer!) as connecting to the root servers directly u

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.13.2010 +0200]: > Install a local nameserver, without upstream forwarders, but with full > root.cache. This way, your local DNS will contact the root nameservers > directly instead of going through your ISP. No. See my other post. -- .''`

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Gerald V. Livingston II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.13.1832 +0200]: > The name servers that I normall use with my ISP are having a few > "flakiness" issues today. I recall seeing a link to a list of name > servers that can be used by the public freely (ie. the admins don't > get upset

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread Mark Carroll
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Would it be unwise to install bind on your own box? > and then set your resolv.conf to > nameserver 127.0.0.1 ??? I do exactly that, then all my nameserver config is done in /etc/bind/ Seems to work okay. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 12:52:21PM -0500, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote: > > Quoting "Gerald V. Livingston II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> The name servers that I normall use with my ISP are having a few > >> "flakiness" issues today. I recall seeing a link to a list of name > >> servers that ca

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread Gerald V. Livingston II
> Quoting "Gerald V. Livingston II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> The name servers that I normall use with my ISP are having a few >> "flakiness" issues today. I recall seeing a link to a list of name >> servers that can be used by the public freely (ie. the admins >> don't get upset if you stick them

Re: OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread Mike Egglestone
Would it be unwise to install bind on your own box? and then set your resolv.conf to nameserver 127.0.0.1 ??? Mike Quoting "Gerald V. Livingston II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The name servers that I normall use with my ISP are having a few > "flakiness" issues today. I recall seeing a link to a

OT: DNS servers

2002-10-13 Thread Gerald V. Livingston II
The name servers that I normall use with my ISP are having a few "flakiness" issues today. I recall seeing a link to a list of name servers that can be used by the public freely (ie. the admins don't get upset if you stick them in your /etc/resolv.conf). Does anyone happen to know of such a list?