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On Wed 17 August 2011 14:49:29 Grant did opine thusly: |
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> >> I currently use a free service to host the DNS records for my |
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> >> website, but I'm thinking of running a DNS server on the same |
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> >> machine that runs my website instead. Would that be fairly |
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> >> trivial to set up and maintain? If so, which package should |
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> >> I use?> |
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> > The first question is Why? |
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> My thinking was of the "may as well" variety but now it's sounding |
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> like a very bad idea. Are there DNS hosts you guys particularly |
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> like? |
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Don't be too put off, it can be a good learning experience depending |
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on how critical your domain is - some things don't matter if they are |
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off-air for a week. The most valuable lessons you will ever learn are |
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the ones where you then know what you should not do :-) |
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I can't advise on any free providers as a) I'm far away in a place |
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that has nothing in common with your location and b) I've never |
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interacted with any of them. Our DNS service is for corporate |
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customers with guarantees and SLAs and contracted response times - a |
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whole different ball game. |
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> - Grant |
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> > There's no real benefit, it's a huge amount of work for little |
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> > gain, you carry the cost of increased traffic yourself, and if |
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> > that host goes blip, you not only lose access to the web server |
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> > but to the entire zone as well. |
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> > Technically there's no good reason why you can't co-host web and |
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> > dns. However, depending on your upper level domain and |
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> > registrar, TWO dns servers may be a requirement (this is the |
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> > norm) and you propose only one. Where's the second one going to |
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> > be? Only one is a very bad idea indeed. |
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> > Your last two questions reveal that this is not something you |
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> > are |
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> > familiar with already, so I highly recommend you investigate |
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> > everything thoroughly and fully understand just what you are |
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> > letting yourself in for before deciding. |
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> > If you simply don't like your current DNS provider, then finding |
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> > a different one you do like is quite simple. |
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> > -- |
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> > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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