That's a really good point Evan, I didn't even think about ISPs manipulating DNS records in order for them to push traffic through peerings. Definitely a Catch-22. I'm all ears for advice. I've heard people swear by only using Google's DNS and those who swear that ISPs DNS is the gold standard.
On 5 July 2017 at 19:29, Evan Dent <[email protected]> wrote: > It's a real tricky thing to get right. I can't give the right answer there. > > One thing to remember that if you are not using your ISPs DNS server, you > may be subject to non optimal routing. For your home situation probably not > an issue but on your larger connections, it could be a issue. I have seen > traffic going overseas rather than going to the CDNs in Aus which has > amounted in reduced performance and increased costs. > > It's a catch 22 issue either way you try to deal with it all. > > I too would love to hear input from others on this. > > > On 5 Jul. 2017 6:41 pm, "Jason Leschnik" <[email protected]> wrote: > > What's generally the best practice for setting home resolvers? I've > been bitten a few times with issues from using Exetel's DNS servers. > Would it be better to point hosts to a local cache and have that > forwarding to something like Google? Or maybe Google + OpenDNS? > > Regards, > Jason. > > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > _______________________________________________ AusNOG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
