> On 22 May 2014, at 14:46, "Daniel J. Luke" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On May 22, 2014, at 6:14 AM, Clemens Lang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> With OpenDNS it will probably not cause issues, but often providers do the >> same >> thing to their customers and return an IP address at their data center >> instead >> of the proper NXDOMAIN response. MacPorts then tries to find the fastest >> mirror >> out of a set of mirrors by selecting the server with the lowest ping response >> time. If your provider is providing the bogus DNS answers it is usually the >> fastest, gets selected and downloads fail. The OpenDNS servers are probably >> not >> the fastest to ping, though. > > they might be (they have a bunch of 'good' anycasted locations that make them > close to a lot of people), but I'm not sure how poorly they interact with > macports > >> Also note that you can disable this behavior in OpenDNS' control panel. > > if you use OpenDNS, you should disable this (you can leave all of the other > stuff enabled). In their dashboard it's Settings -> Advanced Setting -> > Domain Typos -> Enable type correction (and NX Domain redirection) > > You want that turned off. For a dynamic IP connection, you then also want to > enable Dynamic IP Update and install the opendns client (to make sure you > keep your settings when your IP changes). > > The google dns servers don't do NXDOMAIN redirection, so they're a reasonable > alternative also (if there's some reason why you don't want to use your ISP's > nameserver). You could also run your own local recursive caching resolver > (unbound and bind9 are both available in macports). > > -- > Daniel J. Luke > > +==========================
I have been using my own name servers and mail servers but I've got fed up with bothering tbh. I came across opendns a fee days ago just thought I'd try it out. They claimed it would speed up my browsing and also add a layer of protection from malware etc. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
