[CentOS] DNS Serving - Why my own?

Wed Oct 7 19:57:22 UTC 2009
Florin Andrei <florin at andrei.myip.org>

Ryan Pugatch wrote:
> 
> Another reason would be to avoid your ISP's redirection when a host 
> doesn't resolve.  Comcast, for example, will send your request to their 
> search page.  This can confuse some people, or can potentially end up 
> leading you to a malicious page (I don't trust their search results). 
> It's also annoying because pretty much everything will resolve whether 
> it is valid or not.

+1

I always run my own DNS server at home, and skip the ones provided by 
Comcast (or any other provider, really). It's so easy, provided you have 
a system running 24/7 somewhere on the network. Most distributions 
provide some sort of plug-and-play recursive resolver, you just need to 
install it and turn it on.

-- 
Florin Andrei

http://florin.myip.org/