Timothy Murphy wrote: > But would this "home" DNS server provide records accessible to others? Be aware of DND DDoS Amplification attack *[0]* if you are running this DNS at home as it can quickly deplete your bandwidth (if your ISP gives you quotas per month). I use the following *[1]* to help stop these queries. However, since I'm dropping these when they hit my router, I'm still losing bandwidth but not at a terribly fast pace! Although the ISP can definitely stop such queries from getting to you, it is not in their best interests and hence do nothing about it! I've been hit by this type of DDoS and the only option the ISP offered was to change my static IP address; being that I run a mail server, I declined and now just cope with the wasted DROP queries - ~11GB per month. The DDoS has been happening for the last 2 months and doesn't seem to be letting up! Maybe it is time to consider an IP address change!!! Cheers, ak. *[0]* - https://www.watchguard.com/infocenter/editorial/41649.asp *[1]* - http://www.perdichizzi.net/?p=294