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toast@donotsta.re
Hi fedi.
I'm working on an article (among several others) about Authoritative DNS, what the gotchas are (they tend to be less-well-known than those for email, somehow), and a general solution that I could truly recommend to the average self-hoster.
However, one piece of information that could be useful for discussion is this: if you don't host your own authoritative dns, *why not*? Feel free to reply, any visibility level you'd like, as long as it's on topic.
This is a judgement-free zone, I just want some insights into why some people in the general category that might self-host their own infrastructure might not do it.
I'm working on an article (among several others) about Authoritative DNS, what the gotchas are (they tend to be less-well-known than those for email, somehow), and a general solution that I could truly recommend to the average self-hoster.
However, one piece of information that could be useful for discussion is this: if you don't host your own authoritative dns, *why not*? Feel free to reply, any visibility level you'd like, as long as it's on topic.
This is a judgement-free zone, I just want some insights into why some people in the general category that might self-host their own infrastructure might not do it.
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@fristi No, this is about your DNS records. Authoritative DNS is as opposed to a Recursive Resolver, and a Forwarding Resolver (cache layer). So what cloud86 does for you right now.
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「 Fristi 」
fristi@56k.dile-up.nl
@toast i see :0
As for why i wouldn't self-host it, i'm not to knowledgeable on the topic of DNS. There's also the point that i don't really have enough things going on in my local network to warrant hosting my own dns server, so i'm not even sure what i could use it for.
However the one good point i can think of is having it under your own control and not being locked behind some webinterface with possible limitations.
As for why i wouldn't self-host it, i'm not to knowledgeable on the topic of DNS. There's also the point that i don't really have enough things going on in my local network to warrant hosting my own dns server, so i'm not even sure what i could use it for.
However the one good point i can think of is having it under your own control and not being locked behind some webinterface with possible limitations.
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@toast I haven't got my self hosting stuff in any decent shape. Also idk what hosting an authoritative server would get me? Like the advantages. I wouldn't mind trying for OpenNIC for a vanity TLD but the requirements around automated and free registration are a ? For more work and I'd be exposing myself to liability.
I also have route53 up and working for cheap enough so little incentive to change.
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@arichtman I haven't tried hosting my own authoritative DNS server, but i have experience with OpenNIC, having my own domain there for quite some time.
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