Re: [OT] Hosting a DNS

2009-06-06 Thread Miles Fidelman
Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: On 03.06.09 21:23, GNUbie wrote: What do you think is the main reason or the importance of hosting your own DNS when your ISP and/or Domain Registrar can host it for you for FREE? direct access to the zones, ability to change it whenever you want. However

Re: [OT] Hosting a DNS

2009-06-06 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 03.06.09 21:23, GNUbie wrote: > What do you think is the main reason or the importance of hosting your > own DNS when your ISP and/or Domain Registrar can host it for you for > FREE? direct access to the zones, ability to change it whenever you want. However applies even if you run the primary

Re: [OT] Hosting a DNS

2009-06-05 Thread GNUbie
Hello all, On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:23 PM, GNUbie wrote: > Hello all, > > What do you think is the main reason or the importance of hosting your > own DNS when your ISP and/or Domain Registrar can host it for you for > FREE? Thank you for all your insights. To wrap up, it's all about control on

Re: [OT] Hosting a DNS

2009-06-03 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2009-06-03 23:41:11, schrieb Alex Samad: > for example setup the primary ns on your own server and use somebody > like dyndns.com for sec + ter NS Better: Look for some other small ISP or ORGs arround the world with own IP range and then exchange VSever's with BIND. This wil

Re: [OT] Hosting a DNS

2009-06-03 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 03:27:43PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > > What do you think is the main reason or the importance of hosting your > > own DNS when your ISP and/or Domain Registrar can host it for you for > > FREE? > > You remain reachable when your DNS provider is under a DoS attack. > Su

Re: [OT] Hosting a DNS

2009-06-03 Thread Florian Weimer
> What do you think is the main reason or the importance of hosting your > own DNS when your ISP and/or Domain Registrar can host it for you for > FREE? You remain reachable when your DNS provider is under a DoS attack. Such attacks happen from time to time to large providers (check the news). If