[ale] New document on Unbound caching DNS server

[Steve Litt via Ale]

Hi all,

The Unbound DNS server is the new kid on the block. A lot of admins are
replacing BIND9 with Unbound, perhaps plus an authoritative DNS server
for their domain.

More interesting still, a lot of laptop owners are installing Unbound
to replace their old 8.8.8.8 or per-accesspoint resolvers with a full
caching DNS, which is more secure, faster, and makes for much faster
browsing.

At http://troubleshooters.com/linux/unbound_nsd/unbound.htm I've
created a new document detailing the installation and setup of Unbound,
including:

* Making it useable all across your LAN

* Optimizing for lookup speed with pre-priming and other techniques

* Enabling remote control

* Making DNS forward and reverse resolution of LAN local computers
available across the LAN, without using a traditional Authoritative
DNS.

* Landmines and gotchas.

* Forwarding to a traditional authoritative DNS server.

Hope you like it.

SteveT

Steve Litt
September 2018 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business
http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz
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[Joey Kelly via Ale]

Post by Steve Litt via Ale
Hi all,
The Unbound DNS server is the new kid on the block. A lot of admins are
replacing BIND9 with Unbound, perhaps plus an authoritative DNS server
for their domain.

...which is why I have no use for it. I run authoritative DNS.

Post by Steve Litt via Ale
More interesting still, a lot of laptop owners are installing Unbound
to replace their old 8.8.8.8 or per-accesspoint resolvers with a full
caching DNS, which is more secure, faster, and makes for much faster
browsing.

BIND does that for me, and has for years. I routinely set it up on all my
customer's servers, back when I was a consultant.


...but hey, at least unbound isn't as bad as DJBDNS ;-)
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Joey Kelly
Minister of the Gospel and Linux Consultant
http://joeykelly.net
504-239-6550

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[Kyle Brieden via Ale]

I've been running Pi-Hole (https://pi-hole.net) for months, and it is
absolutely awesome. Reading up on this, I got curious and dug, and it
looks like Pi-Hole is running unbound under the hood.

https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/unbound/#configure-unbound

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Very respectfully,
Kyle Brieden

Post by Steve Litt via Ale
Hi all,
The Unbound DNS server is the new kid on the block. A lot of admins are
replacing BIND9 with Unbound, perhaps plus an authoritative DNS server
for their domain.
More interesting still, a lot of laptop owners are installing Unbound
to replace their old 8.8.8.8 or per-accesspoint resolvers with a full
caching DNS, which is more secure, faster, and makes for much faster
browsing.
At http://troubleshooters.com/linux/unbound_nsd/unbound.htm I've
created a new document detailing the installation and setup of Unbound,
* Making it useable all across your LAN
* Optimizing for lookup speed with pre-priming and other techniques
* Enabling remote control
* Making DNS forward and reverse resolution of LAN local computers
available across the LAN, without using a traditional Authoritative
DNS.
* Landmines and gotchas.
* Forwarding to a traditional authoritative DNS server.
Hope you like it.
SteveT
Steve Litt
September 2018 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business
http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz
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