[NMLUG] finding "near" fast DNS servers

[allane at spinn.net (Allan Emord)]

Hi!
The bind 9 manual shouild ahve all you need - except an overview ;-)
It's not terribly easy to plod through but all the info is in there.
Allan


Andres Paglayan wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I am popping up because I want to,
> I am about to set my home server to run my web sites, email, etc,
> this will be the first time and I am putting together lots of
> documentation to do so,
> can you recommend any good how-to for the DNS?
> Thanks,
> 
> James Hamilton wrote:
> 
> >You ever consider running your own nameserver?  I run one at home, behind the
> >firewall (no outside queries).  That would probably set you up, I could help
> >out with the bind syntax.  Once in place it should just hum along forever
> >without notice.
> >
> >On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 07:47:42PM -0600, Jody Harris wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Is there a handy way to find fast DNS servers that are "near"
> >>(network/hops/round trip)?
> >>
> >>My ISP has a sorry, slow dog NT box doing DNS.  I think that their
> >>upline DNS is probably not fast, as well.  If I could point my DNS at a
> >>DNS that's more responsive, and still relatively close, I'd have one
> >>less point of failure.
> >>
> >>thanks,
> >>jody
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