In article <[email protected]>,
Richard B. Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote:
>Rod Dorman wrote:
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> Richard B. Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> ...
>>> I could set up my own DNS server but what would be the point? A hosts
>>> file provides the addresses of the nodes on my RFC-1918 private network.
>>> The rest of the world, I would have to get from Comcast in any case.
>>
>> Why? Does Comcast block DNS requests to other than their DNS servers?
>>
>
>AFAIK, Comcast does not block access to other DNS servers. The point I
>was trying to make is that even with a DNS server of my own I would have
>to go to an upstream server for everything I needed. If I had more
>computers and users, I might consider setting up at least a caching
>server. As matters stand, I would gain nothing by doing so. I pay
>Comcast for, among other things, the use of their DNS servers. I pay
>the same whether I use them or not!
One thing you would gain is lack of any help in 'correcting' typos in
domain names. I don't know if Comcast does it but there have been
several instances where ISPs assumed you were using a browser and
returned something other than a NXDOMAIN.
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-- Rod --
rodd(at)polylogics(dot)com
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