dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread Derek Trotter
I'm thinking of running dns at home on my linux box(kubuntu 8). I don't want a caching server. Would this be difficult to set up? Would this consume a lot of bandwidth? Thanks -- One mistake up here and it's half a day out with the undertaker! - Fred Dibnah

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread Lisa Kachold
Hi Derek, On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.comwrote: I'm thinking of running dns at home on my linux box(kubuntu 8). I don't want a caching server. Would this be difficult to set up? Would this consume a lot of bandwidth? There are some security risks

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread James Mcphee
uses are you trying to get out of it? On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.comwrote: I'm thinking of running dns at home on my linux box(kubuntu 8). I don't want a caching server. Would this be difficult to set up? Would this consume a lot of bandwidth

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread JD Austin
Nope and nope :) This is old but covers it pretty well : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=236093 On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.comwrote: I'm thinking of running dns at home on my linux box(kubuntu 8). I don't want a caching server. Would

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread Derek Trotter
are a waste of time. So I want to host dns at home. On 10/3/2012 13:14, James Mcphee wrote: No, this is somewhat arcane, but depending on what functions you want, can be quite simple. DNS works by reference, so you don't load the world's DNS onto your server. That server will still need valid

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread James Mcphee
of time. So I want to host dns at home. On 10/3/2012 13:14, James Mcphee wrote: No, this is somewhat arcane, but depending on what functions you want, can be quite simple. DNS works by reference, so you don't load the world's DNS onto your server. That server will still need valid external DNS

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
to resolve. Other times I get errors saying the url couldn't be found. Sometimes a page won't load properly because parts of it come from other urls and those don't resolve. Calls to tech support are a waste of time. So I want to host dns at home. On 10/3/2012 13:14, James Mcphee wrote

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread JD Austin
with dns. Sometimes urls take a long time to resolve. Other times I get errors saying the url couldn't be found. Sometimes a page won't load properly because parts of it come from other urls and those don't resolve. Calls to tech support are a waste of time. So I want to host dns at home. On 10

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread JD Austin
properly because parts of it come from other urls and those don't resolve. Calls to tech support are a waste of time. So I want to host dns at home. On 10/3/2012 13:14, James Mcphee wrote: No, this is somewhat arcane, but depending on what functions you want, can be quite simple. DNS works

Re: dns at home

2012-10-03 Thread Michael Butash
. Sometimes a page won't load properly because parts of it come from other urls and those don't resolve. Calls to tech support are a waste of time. So I want to host dns at home. On 10/3/2012 13:14, James Mcphee wrote: No, this is somewhat arcane