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Re: [OT] Hosting a DNS



On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 03:27:43PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > What do you think is the main reason or the importance of hosting your
> > own DNS when your ISP and/or Domain Registrar can host it for you for
> > FREE?
> 
> You remain reachable when your DNS provider is under a DoS attack.
> Such attacks happen from time to time to large providers (check the
> news).
> 
> If your DNS provider uses AXFR to transfer the zone data from you, you
> can use the tools you like to edit your zones.
> 
> > Normally if you are going to host your own DNS for your organization,
> > ideally you need to run it at least on two (2) different machines
> > connected at least to two (2) different ISPs.
> 
> It's not an either-or decision.  You can use both an external service
> and a server of your own.

for example setup the primary ns on your own server and use somebody
like dyndns.com for sec + ter NS 

> 
> 

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