Re: [SLUG] DNS Server (WAS: More Odd Firewall Problems)

From: Jason Copenhaver (jcopenha@typedef.org)
Date: Thu May 16 2002 - 13:12:16 EDT


actually yeah.. I did think of that.. or actually.. somone suggested i run
DNRD which is a DNS relay/cache daemon.. this way I will have my most used
names resolved already..

Jason

On 16 May 2002, Matt Miller wrote:

> On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 08:39, Jason Copenhaver wrote:
> > are you sure it is your whole connection? I was having issues with RR for
> > awhile where the DNS server would go down.. so I couldn't go to any
> > websites by name.. but the IP addresses worked fine..
> >
> > Jason
>
> Jason,
> I know you weren't asking for advice, but maybe you haven't already
> thought of this...
> You could always setup bind on your Linux box. You could setup localhost
> to be your first resolver in your /etc/resolv.conf, then the RR servers.
> That way if RR's DNS servers were to go down, you might not be able to
> pop your mail or access any server in the tampabay.rr.com suffix, but
> you would still be able to resolve hostnames on the outside world.
>
> --
> Matt Miller
> Systems Administrator
> MP TotalCare, INC
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