Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Clay Stewart]

Agreed Tony, it works, no maintenance, and low cost. simpledns. We run it
on I7s with win8 - 20GB, over kill, but never have to worry about it.

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Tony C. Loosle  wrote:

> Check out Simple dns.  Runs on windows and ready to go in a few minutes.
> I have used it for years.
>
> simpledns.com
>
> t
>
>
> Mike Hammett wrote:
>
> I (and others) keep saying it because it's a fact.
>
> CDNs use latency to your DNS resolvers (among other things) to optimize
> the delivery of content. If your DNS resolver isn't on your network, you
> simply aren't best able to take advantage of that infrastructure. You're
> more likely to be going to a worse node increasing latency, decreasing
> throughput, increasing chances of unreliability, etc.
>
> Setting up local resolvers is a relatively simple and painless process.
> Just do it.
>
>
>
> -
> Mike Hammett
>
> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/>
> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>
> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>
> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL>
>
> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/>
> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange>
> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix>
>
> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/>
> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>
> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>
> --
> *From: *"Shawn C. Peppers" 
> 
> *To: *"WISPA General List"  
> *Sent: *Friday, July 8, 2016 7:25:12 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP
>
> You always say that but I have been using open dns for over 6 years now
> and can't recall ever having any issues, not even once.
>
> Shawn C. Peppers
> Video Direct Satellite & Entertainment
> 866-680-8433 Toll Free
> 480-287-9960 Fax
> http://www.video-direct.tv
>
> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:12 AM, Mike Hammett  wrote:
>
> Don't use any DNS resolvers not on your own network.
>
>
>
> -
> Mike Hammett
>
> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/>
> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>
> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>
> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL>
>
> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/>
> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange>
> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix>
>
> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/>
> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>
> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>
>
> --
> *From: *"Daniel Mullen" 
> *To: *"WISPA General List" 
> *Sent: *Monday, June 27, 2016 2:43:21 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP
>
> I know cira.ca has a service for ISPs. If you need a specific contact
> there let me know, off-list.
>
> Daniel
>
> At 04:59 PM 23-06-2016, you wrote:
>
> Self hosted.  I suggest unbound or bind.
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> On Jun 23, 2016 3:56 PM, "Colton Conor"  wrote:
> What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP
> and why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name
> resolvers. I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where
> a home user can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that
> would require the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in
> their router. However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles,
> and provided a gateway, then that would remove that step of the client
> having to enter opendns IPs into their router right?Â
>
> Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where
> traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow
> etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We
> wouldn't want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know
> the top visited site by our customers is facebook.com for example.
>
> If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's?Â
>
>
>
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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Jordan Gregory]

Just my two cents, windows DNS is already pretty easy, no real need for a
third party. We run a bind cluster, but I'm also a glutton for linux
punishment (not that bind is punishing).

Thank You,

Jordan Gregory
Founder / CEO
Hive Wireless, LLC

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Tony C. Loosle  wrote:

> Check out Simple dns.  Runs on windows and ready to go in a few minutes.
> I have used it for years.
>
> simpledns.com
>
> t
>
>
>
> Mike Hammett wrote:
>
> I (and others) keep saying it because it's a fact.
>
> CDNs use latency to your DNS resolvers (among other things) to optimize
> the delivery of content. If your DNS resolver isn't on your network, you
> simply aren't best able to take advantage of that infrastructure. You're
> more likely to be going to a worse node increasing latency, decreasing
> throughput, increasing chances of unreliability, etc.
>
> Setting up local resolvers is a relatively simple and painless process.
> Just do it.
>
>
>
> -
> Mike Hammett
>
> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/>
> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>
> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>
> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL>
>
> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/>
> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange>
> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix>
>
> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/>
> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>
> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>
> --
> *From: *"Shawn C. Peppers" 
> 
> *To: *"WISPA General List"  
> *Sent: *Friday, July 8, 2016 7:25:12 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP
>
> You always say that but I have been using open dns for over 6 years now
> and can't recall ever having any issues, not even once.
>
> Shawn C. Peppers
> Video Direct Satellite & Entertainment
> 866-680-8433 Toll Free
> 480-287-9960 Fax
> http://www.video-direct.tv
>
> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:12 AM, Mike Hammett  wrote:
>
> Don't use any DNS resolvers not on your own network.
>
>
>
> -
> Mike Hammett
>
> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/>
> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>
> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>
> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL>
>
> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/>
> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange>
> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix>
>
> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/>
> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>
> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>
>
> --
> *From: *"Daniel Mullen" 
> *To: *"WISPA General List" 
> *Sent: *Monday, June 27, 2016 2:43:21 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP
>
> I know cira.ca has a service for ISPs. If you need a specific contact
> there let me know, off-list.
>
> Daniel
>
> At 04:59 PM 23-06-2016, you wrote:
>
> Self hosted.  I suggest unbound or bind.
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> On Jun 23, 2016 3:56 PM, "Colton Conor"  wrote:
> What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP
> and why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name
> resolvers. I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where
> a home user can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that
> would require the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in
> their router. However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles,
> and provided a gateway, then that would remove that step of the client
> having to enter opendns IPs into their router right?Â
>
> Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where
> traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow
> etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We
> wouldn't want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know
> the top visited site by our customers is facebook.com for example.
>
> If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS se

Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Tony C. Loosle]

Check out Simple dns.  Runs on windows and ready to go in a few 
minutes.  I have used it for years.


simpledns.com

t


Mike Hammett wrote:

I (and others) keep saying it because it's a fact.

CDNs use latency to your DNS resolvers (among other things) to 
optimize the delivery of content. If your DNS resolver isn't on your 
network, you simply aren't best able to take advantage of that 
infrastructure. You're more likely to be going to a worse node 
increasing latency, decreasing throughput, increasing chances of 
unreliability, etc.


Setting up local resolvers is a relatively simple and painless 
process. Just do it.




-
Mike Hammett

Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/>
<https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL><https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb><https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions><https://twitter.com/ICSIL>

Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/>
<https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix><https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange><https://twitter.com/mdwestix>

The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/>
<https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp><https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>

*From: *"Shawn C. Peppers" 
*To: *"WISPA General List" 
*Sent: *Friday, July 8, 2016 7:25:12 AM
*Subject: *Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

You always say that but I have been using open dns for over 6 years 
now and can't recall ever having any issues, not even once.


Shawn C. Peppers
Video Direct Satellite & Entertainment
866-680-8433 Toll Free
480-287-9960 Fax
http://www.video-direct.tv

On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:12 AM, Mike Hammett <mailto:wispawirel...@ics-il.net>> wrote:


Don't use any DNS resolvers not on your own network.



-
Mike Hammett

Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/>

<https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL><https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb><https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions><https://twitter.com/ICSIL>

Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/>

<https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix><https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange><https://twitter.com/mdwestix>

The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/>

<https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp><https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>

------------
*From: *"Daniel Mullen" mailto:daniel.mul...@metrocom.ca>>
*To: *"WISPA General List" mailto:wireless@wispa.org>>
*Sent: *Monday, June 27, 2016 2:43:21 PM
*Subject: *Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

I know cira.ca <http://cira.ca> has a service for ISPs. If you
need a specific contact there let me know, off-list.

Daniel

At 04:59 PM 23-06-2016, you wrote:

Self hosted.  I suggest unbound or bind.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Jun 23, 2016 3:56 PM, "Colton Conor"
mailto:colton.co...@gmail.com> > wrote:

What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your
customers via DHCP and why? Today we just hand out
Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name resolvers. I
recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes
where a home user can monitor and potentially block
certain websites, but that would require the home to
signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in their
router. However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of
googles, and provided a gateway, then that would remove
that step of the client having to enter opendns IPs into
their router right?Â

Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us
insight as to where traffic on our network is heading
based dns lookups? I know about Netflow etc, but doing
this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We
wouldn't want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be
useful to know the top visited site by our customers is
facebook.com <http://facebook.com> for example.

If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS
service for ISP's?Â



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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Shawn C. Peppers]

I agree it has many advantages but using public dns has never caused me any 
pain.  One of these days i am going to place a few dns servers on my physical 
network but that will require climate controlled building space which I'm not 
interested in fighting.  

Shawn C. Peppers
Video Direct Satellite & Entertainment
866-680-8433 Toll Free
480-287-9960 Fax
http://www.video-direct.tv

> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:43 AM, Mike Hammett  wrote:
> 
> I (and others) keep saying it because it's a fact.
> 
> CDNs use latency to your DNS resolvers (among other things) to optimize the 
> delivery of content. If your DNS resolver isn't on your network, you simply 
> aren't best able to take advantage of that infrastructure. You're more likely 
> to be going to a worse node increasing latency, decreasing throughput, 
> increasing chances of unreliability, etc.
> 
> Setting up local resolvers is a relatively simple and painless process. Just 
> do it.
> 
> 
> 
> -
> Mike Hammett
> 
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> 
> 
> Midwest Internet Exchange
> 
> 
> The Brothers WISP
> 
> From: "Shawn C. Peppers" 
> To: "WISPA General List" 
> Sent: Friday, July 8, 2016 7:25:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP
> 
> You always say that but I have been using open dns for over 6 years now and 
> can't recall ever having any issues, not even once. 
> 
> Shawn C. Peppers
> Video Direct Satellite & Entertainment
> 866-680-8433 Toll Free
> 480-287-9960 Fax
> http://www.video-direct.tv
> 
> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:12 AM, Mike Hammett  wrote:
> 
> Don't use any DNS resolvers not on your own network.
> 
> 
> 
> -
> Mike Hammett
> 
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> 
> 
> Midwest Internet Exchange
> 
> 
> The Brothers WISP
> 
> 
> From: "Daniel Mullen" 
> To: "WISPA General List" 
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 2:43:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP
> 
> I know cira.ca has a service for ISPs. If you need a specific contact there 
> let me know, off-list.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> At 04:59 PM 23-06-2016, you wrote:
> 
> Self hosted.  I suggest unbound or bind.
> 
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> On Jun 23, 2016 3:56 PM, "Colton Conor"  wrote:
> What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP and 
> why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name resolvers. 
> I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where a home user 
> can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that would require 
> the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in their router. 
> However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles, and provided a 
> gateway, then that would remove that step of the client having to enter 
> opendns IPs into their router right? 
> 
> Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where 
> traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow 
> etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We wouldn't 
> want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know the top 
> visited site by our customers is facebook.com for example.
> 
> If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's? 
> 
> 
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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Mike Hammett]

I (and others) keep saying it because it's a fact. 

CDNs use latency to your DNS resolvers (among other things) to optimize the 
delivery of content. If your DNS resolver isn't on your network, you simply 
aren't best able to take advantage of that infrastructure. You're more likely 
to be going to a worse node increasing latency, decreasing throughput, 
increasing chances of unreliability, etc. 

Setting up local resolvers is a relatively simple and painless process. Just do 
it. 




- 
Mike Hammett 

Intelligent Computing Solutions 


Midwest Internet Exchange 


The Brothers WISP 

- Original Message -

From: "Shawn C. Peppers"  
To: "WISPA General List"  
Sent: Friday, July 8, 2016 7:25:12 AM 
Subject: Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP 


You always say that but I have been using open dns for over 6 years now and 
can't recall ever having any issues, not even once. 

Shawn C. Peppers 
Video Direct Satellite & Entertainment 
866-680-8433 Toll Free 
480-287-9960 Fax 
http://www.video-direct.tv 

On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:12 AM, Mike Hammett < wispawirel...@ics-il.net > wrote: 





Don't use any DNS resolvers not on your own network. 




- 
Mike Hammett 

Intelligent Computing Solutions 


Midwest Internet Exchange 


The Brothers WISP 


- Original Message -

From: "Daniel Mullen" < daniel.mul...@metrocom.ca > 
To: "WISPA General List" < wireless@wispa.org > 
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 2:43:21 PM 
Subject: Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP 

I know cira.ca has a service for ISPs. If you need a specific contact there let 
me know, off-list. 

Daniel 

At 04:59 PM 23-06-2016, you wrote: 



Self hosted. I suggest unbound or bind. 

Josh Luthman 
Office: 937-552-2340 
Direct: 937-552-2343 
1100 Wayne St 
Suite 1337 
Troy, OH 45373 
On Jun 23, 2016 3:56 PM, "Colton Conor" < colton.co...@gmail.com > wrote: 
What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP and 
why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name resolvers. I 
recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where a home user can 
monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that would require the home 
to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in their router. However if we 
handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles, and provided a gateway, then that 
would remove that step of the client having to enter opendns IPs into their 
router right? 

Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where 
traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow etc, 
but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We wouldn't want to 
block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know the top visited site 
by our customers is facebook.com for example. 

If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's? 



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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Shawn C. Peppers]

You always say that but I have been using open dns for over 6 years now and 
can't recall ever having any issues, not even once. 

Shawn C. Peppers
Video Direct Satellite & Entertainment
866-680-8433 Toll Free
480-287-9960 Fax
http://www.video-direct.tv

> On Jul 8, 2016, at 7:12 AM, Mike Hammett  wrote:
> 
> Don't use any DNS resolvers not on your own network.
> 
> 
> 
> -
> Mike Hammett
> 
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> 
> 
> Midwest Internet Exchange
> 
> 
> The Brothers WISP
> 
> 
> From: "Daniel Mullen" 
> To: "WISPA General List" 
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 2:43:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP
> 
> I know cira.ca has a service for ISPs. If you need a specific contact there 
> let me know, off-list.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> At 04:59 PM 23-06-2016, you wrote:
> 
> Self hosted.  I suggest unbound or bind.
> 
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> On Jun 23, 2016 3:56 PM, "Colton Conor"  wrote:
> What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP and 
> why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name resolvers. 
> I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where a home user 
> can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that would require 
> the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in their router. 
> However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles, and provided a 
> gateway, then that would remove that step of the client having to enter 
> opendns IPs into their router right? 
> 
> Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where 
> traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow 
> etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We wouldn't 
> want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know the top 
> visited site by our customers is facebook.com for example.
> 
> If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's? 
> 
> 
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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Mike Hammett]

Don't use any DNS resolvers not on your own network. 




- 
Mike Hammett 

Intelligent Computing Solutions 


Midwest Internet Exchange 


The Brothers WISP 


- Original Message -

From: "Daniel Mullen"  
To: "WISPA General List"  
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 2:43:21 PM 
Subject: Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP 

I know cira.ca has a service for ISPs. If you need a specific contact there let 
me know, off-list. 

Daniel 

At 04:59 PM 23-06-2016, you wrote: 



Self hosted. I suggest unbound or bind. 

Josh Luthman 
Office: 937-552-2340 
Direct: 937-552-2343 
1100 Wayne St 
Suite 1337 
Troy, OH 45373 
On Jun 23, 2016 3:56 PM, "Colton Conor" < colton.co...@gmail.com > wrote: 
What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP and 
why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name resolvers. I 
recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where a home user can 
monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that would require the home 
to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in their router. However if we 
handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles, and provided a gateway, then that 
would remove that step of the client having to enter opendns IPs into their 
router right? 

Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where 
traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow etc, 
but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We wouldn't want to 
block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know the top visited site 
by our customers is facebook.com for example. 

If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's? 



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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Daniel Mullen]

I know cira.ca has a service for ISPs. If you 
need a specific contact there let me know, off-list.


Daniel

At 04:59 PM 23-06-2016, you wrote:


Self hosted.  I suggest unbound or bind.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Jun 23, 2016 3:56 PM, "Colton Conor" 
<colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to 
your customers via DHCP and why? Today we just 
hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name 
resolvers. I recently learned about OpenDNS's 
free service for homes where a home user can 
monitor and potentially block certain websites, 
but that would require the home to signup at 
open dns, and then enter open DNS in their 
router. However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs 
instead of googles, and provided a gateway, then 
that would remove that step of the client having 
to enter opendns IPs into their router right?Â


Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That 
gives us insight as to where traffic on our 
network is heading based dns lookups? I know 
about Netflow etc, but doing this though DNS 
seems like a cool option as well. We wouldn't 
want to block anything as an ISP, but it would 
be useful to know the top visited site by our 
customers is facebook.com for example.


If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's?Â



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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Seth Mattinen]

On 7/6/16 08:36, Justin Wilson wrote:
> +1 to both Adam and Mike’s responses.
>
> Don’t hand out someone else’s DNS. Spin up your own DNS, use root hints,
> and life is happy.


I said this before here or somewhere else, but knowing how to do a DNS 
resolver is one of the most basic things you should know how to do if 
you're going to be in the ISP business.

If customers want to set up their own DNS that's on them, but when they 
have DNS problems they can coordinate with whoever they selected for 
their revolvers or use ours before we'll troubleshoot.

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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Justin Wilson]

+1 to both Adam and Mike’s responses. 

Don’t hand out someone else’s DNS. Spin up your own DNS, use root hints, and 
life is happy.


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> On Jul 5, 2016, at 12:06 PM, Adam Kennedy  wrote:
> 
> Seconded. We also use unbound with a few tweaks. Anycast is a perfect 
> solution for Unbound DNS resolvers. We have several scattered across the 
> network so resolution/DNS cache is closer to the customer than just at our 
> NOC. It works very, very well. 
> 
> 
> Adam Kennedy
> Network & Systems Engineer 
> Watch Communications
> (866) 586-1518
> adamkenn...@watchcomm.net <mailto:adamkenn...@watchcomm.net>
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 10:10 PM, Mike Hammett  <mailto:wispawirel...@ics-il.net>> wrote:
> *NEVER* hand out an off-net resolver.
> 
> *ONLY* hand out your own, on-net resolvers.
> 
> I use Unbound on Debian.
> 
> 
> 
> -
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> From: "Colton Conor" mailto:colton.co...@gmail.com>>
> To: "WISPA General List" mailto:wireless@wispa.org>>
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:56:42 PM
> Subject: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP
> 
> What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP and 
> why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name resolvers. 
> I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where a home user 
> can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that would require 
> the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in their router. 
> However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles, and provided a 
> gateway, then that would remove that step of the client having to enter 
> opendns IPs into their router right? 
> 
> Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where 
> traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow 
> etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We wouldn't 
> want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know the top 
> visited site by our customers is facebook.com <http://facebook.com/> for 
> example.
> 
> If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's? 
> 
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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Adam Kennedy]

Seconded. We also use unbound with a few tweaks. Anycast is a perfect
solution for Unbound DNS resolvers. We have several scattered across the
network so resolution/DNS cache is closer to the customer than just at our
NOC. It works very, very well.


Adam Kennedy

Network & Systems Engineer

*Watch Communications*

(866) 586-1518

adamkenn...@watchcomm.net

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 10:10 PM, Mike Hammett 
wrote:

> *NEVER* hand out an off-net resolver.
>
> *ONLY* hand out your own, on-net resolvers.
>
> I use Unbound on Debian.
>
>
>
> -
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>
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> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL>
>
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> *From: *"Colton Conor" 
> *To: *"WISPA General List" 
> *Sent: *Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:56:42 PM
> *Subject: *[WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP
>
> What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP
> and why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name
> resolvers. I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where
> a home user can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that
> would require the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in
> their router. However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles,
> and provided a gateway, then that would remove that step of the client
> having to enter opendns IPs into their router right?
>
> Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where
> traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow
> etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We
> wouldn't want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know
> the top visited site by our customers is facebook.com for example.
>
> If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's?
>
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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Mike Hammett]

*NEVER* hand out an off-net resolver. 

*ONLY* hand out your own, on-net resolvers. 

I use Unbound on Debian. 




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From: "Colton Conor"  
To: "WISPA General List"  
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:56:42 PM 
Subject: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP 


What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP and 
why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name resolvers. I 
recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where a home user can 
monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that would require the home 
to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in their router. However if we 
handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles, and provided a gateway, then that 
would remove that step of the client having to enter opendns IPs into their 
router right? 


Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where 
traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow etc, 
but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We wouldn't want to 
block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know the top visited site 
by our customers is facebook.com for example. 

If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's? 




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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Josh Reynolds]

Opendns works on a per - IP basis if I remember correctly, so if they are
NAT'd then that's not going to work.
On Jun 26, 2016 4:19 PM, "Colton Conor"  wrote:

> Still though if we are currently just using Google's DNS (8.8.8.8),
> handing out OpenDNS free DNS would be a better solution right? I don't
> believe Google's free DNS offers any malware protections, but I could be
> wrong.
>
> If we hand out OpenDNS as our default, then we can advertise to our users
> that they can go to opendns.com and create a free personal account to
> filter their home as they wish. Since we would be handing out OpenDNS
> already, there would be no configuration change needed by the end user on
> their gateway/router that we already provide.
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 12:12 AM, John J. Thomas 
> wrote:
>
>> As an ISP, you might consider blocking malware sites. OpenDNS used to be
>> free for anyone that wanted to use it, businesses included, but they
>> changed their terms of service. What they told us was the free service used
>> a database that didn't get updated very frequently, and filtered about 5000
>> malware sites. When you used the paid for service, there were like 100,000
>> malware sites in that database. We met with them awhile back, when they
>> were still developing their Active Directory implementation.
>>
>> On June 23, 2016 12:56:42 PM PDT, Colton Conor 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP
>>> and why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name
>>> resolvers. I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where
>>> a home user can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that
>>> would require the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in
>>> their router. However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles,
>>> and provided a gateway, then that would remove that step of the client
>>> having to enter opendns IPs into their router right?
>>>
>>> Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where
>>> traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow
>>> etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We
>>> wouldn't want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know
>>> the top visited site by our customers is facebook.com for example.
>>>
>>> If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's?
>>>
>>>
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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Colton Conor]

Still though if we are currently just using Google's DNS (8.8.8.8), handing
out OpenDNS free DNS would be a better solution right? I don't believe
Google's free DNS offers any malware protections, but I could be wrong.

If we hand out OpenDNS as our default, then we can advertise to our users
that they can go to opendns.com and create a free personal account to
filter their home as they wish. Since we would be handing out OpenDNS
already, there would be no configuration change needed by the end user on
their gateway/router that we already provide.

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 12:12 AM, John J. Thomas 
wrote:

> As an ISP, you might consider blocking malware sites. OpenDNS used to be
> free for anyone that wanted to use it, businesses included, but they
> changed their terms of service. What they told us was the free service used
> a database that didn't get updated very frequently, and filtered about 5000
> malware sites. When you used the paid for service, there were like 100,000
> malware sites in that database. We met with them awhile back, when they
> were still developing their Active Directory implementation.
>
> On June 23, 2016 12:56:42 PM PDT, Colton Conor 
> wrote:
>
>> What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP
>> and why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name
>> resolvers. I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where
>> a home user can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that
>> would require the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in
>> their router. However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles,
>> and provided a gateway, then that would remove that step of the client
>> having to enter opendns IPs into their router right?
>>
>> Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where
>> traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow
>> etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We
>> wouldn't want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know
>> the top visited site by our customers is facebook.com for example.
>>
>> If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's?
>>
>>
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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Luciano - Computech]

Here in Brazil we use a Local DNS resolver in most ISPs It is very ususal here 
to have a DNS hijack and attacks. 
The most famous is Unbound. 

The most of our ISPs had to migrate to his local resolvers. 

Some local companies here made their own DNS tunning, measuring RPS with 
Graphics and helping the administratos to monitor and manage the entire 
network. 
Two years ago I coordinate a project with this objective today we have more 
tham 400 units in ISPs here. We encourage all isps to use some local DNS tool. 



Abraços 

Luciano Franz 
www.computech.com.br
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> Em 24 de jun de 2016, às 02:31, Mike Francis  
> escreveu:
> 
> Yes, things may have changed a tad... https://www.opendns.com/cisco-opendns/
> John Michael Francis II
> JMF Solutions, Inc
> Wavefly Technologies
> Internet - Voip - Cloud
> 251-517-5069
> http://jmfsolutions.net
> http://wavefly.com
> 
>> On 6/24/2016 12:12 AM, John J. Thomas wrote:
>> As an ISP, you might consider blocking malware sites. OpenDNS used to be 
>> free for anyone that wanted to use it, businesses included, but they changed 
>> their terms of service. What they told us was the free service used a 
>> database that didn't get updated very frequently, and filtered about 5000 
>> malware sites. When you used the paid for service, there were like 100,000 
>> malware sites in that database. We met with them awhile back, when they were 
>> still developing their Active Directory implementation. 
>> 
>>> On June 23, 2016 12:56:42 PM PDT, Colton Conor  
>>> wrote:
>>> What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP and 
>>> why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name 
>>> resolvers. I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where 
>>> a home user can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that 
>>> would require the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in 
>>> their router. However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles, 
>>> and provided a gateway, then that would remove that step of the client 
>>> having to enter opendns IPs into their router right? 
>>> 
>>> Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where 
>>> traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow 
>>> etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We 
>>> wouldn't want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know 
>>> the top visited site by our customers is facebook.co m for example.
>>> 
>>> If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's? 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Mike Francis]

Yes, things may have changed a tad... https://www.opendns.com/cisco-opendns/

John Michael Francis II
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Wavefly Technologies
Internet - Voip - Cloud
251-517-5069
http://jmfsolutions.net
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On 6/24/2016 12:12 AM, John J. Thomas wrote:
As an ISP, you might consider blocking malware sites. OpenDNS used to 
be free for anyone that wanted to use it, businesses included, but 
they changed their terms of service. What they told us was the free 
service used a database that didn't get updated very frequently, and 
filtered about 5000 malware sites. When you used the paid for service, 
there were like 100,000 malware sites in that database. We met with 
them awhile back, when they were still developing their Active 
Directory implementation.


On June 23, 2016 12:56:42 PM PDT, Colton Conor 
 wrote:


What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via
DHCP and why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
as a name resolvers. I recently learned about OpenDNS's free
service for homes where a home user can monitor and potentially
block certain websites, but that would require the home to signup
at open dns, and then enter open DNS in their router. However if
we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles, and provided a
gateway, then that would remove that step of the client having to
enter opendns IPs into their router right?

Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to
where traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know
about Netflow etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool
option as well. We wouldn't want to block anything as an ISP, but
it would be useful to know the top visited site by our customers
is facebook.co m  for example.

If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for
ISP's?




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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[John J. Thomas]

As an ISP, you might consider blocking malware sites.  OpenDNS used to be free 
for anyone that wanted to use it,  businesses included, but they changed their 
terms of service.  What they told us was the free service used a database that 
didn't get updated very frequently,  and filtered about 5000 malware sites. 
When you used the paid for service, there were like 100,000 malware sites in 
that database. We met with them awhile back, when they were still developing 
their Active Directory implementation. 

On June 23, 2016 12:56:42 PM PDT, Colton Conor  wrote:
>What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP
>and
>why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name
>resolvers. I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes
>where
>a home user can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but
>that
>would require the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS
>in
>their router. However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of
>googles,
>and provided a gateway, then that would remove that step of the client
>having to enter opendns IPs into their router right?
>
>Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to
>where
>traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about
>Netflow
>etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We
>wouldn't want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to
>know
>the top visited site by our customers is facebook.com for example.
>
>If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's?
>
>
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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Jim Patient]

Kids are pretty smart these days and know how to just change DNS servers if 
they are getting filtered.  You can redirect all DNS requests to OpenDNS 
servers in your firewall though.  We can help you set up your own DNS servers 
if needed.  Just give our office a call if you have questions.

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Of Colton Conor
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:57 PM
To: WISPA General List 
Subject: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP and 
why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name resolvers. I 
recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where a home user can 
monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that would require the home 
to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in their router. However if we 
handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles, and provided a gateway, then that 
would remove that step of the client having to enter opendns IPs into their 
router right?

Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where 
traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow etc, 
but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We wouldn't want to 
block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know the top visited site 
by our customers is facebook.com<http://facebook.com> for example.

If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's?


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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Rubens Kuhl]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Colton Conor 
wrote:

> What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP
> and why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name
> resolvers. I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where
> a home user can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that
> would require the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in
> their router. However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles,
> and provided a gateway, then that would remove that step of the client
> having to enter opendns IPs into their router right?
>
> Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where
> traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow
> etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We
> wouldn't want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know
> the top visited site by our customers is facebook.com for example.
>
> If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's?
>
>
Self-host your own Unbound servers, use that as cache to a hosted DNS
service like OpenDNS, Symantec or other already blocking security threats
but letting personal content decisions up to the subscriber.


Rubens
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Re: [WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Josh Luthman]

Self hosted.  I suggest unbound or bind.

Josh Luthman
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On Jun 23, 2016 3:56 PM, "Colton Conor"  wrote:

> What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP
> and why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name
> resolvers. I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where
> a home user can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that
> would require the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in
> their router. However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles,
> and provided a gateway, then that would remove that step of the client
> having to enter opendns IPs into their router right?
>
> Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where
> traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow
> etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We
> wouldn't want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know
> the top visited site by our customers is facebook.com for example.
>
> If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's?
>
>
>
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[WISPA] DNS Name Resolver for WISP

[Colton Conor]

What dns name solvers do you use to hand out to your customers via DHCP and
why? Today we just hand out Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as a name
resolvers. I recently learned about OpenDNS's free service for homes where
a home user can monitor and potentially block certain websites, but that
would require the home to signup at open dns, and then enter open DNS in
their router. However if we handed out OpenDNS's IPs instead of googles,
and provided a gateway, then that would remove that step of the client
having to enter opendns IPs into their router right?

Does OpenDNS have a service for ISP's? That gives us insight as to where
traffic on our network is heading based dns lookups? I know about Netflow
etc, but doing this though DNS seems like a cool option as well. We
wouldn't want to block anything as an ISP, but it would be useful to know
the top visited site by our customers is facebook.com for example.

If not OpenDNS, then is there some other hosted DNS service for ISP's?
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