[nmglug] Not a gnulinux problem but...

[Wesley Robbins]

The abqlug is doing a pihole event later this month and is giving away five
rpi3 kits.   Might be interesting to all.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 6:16 PM John Osmon <josmon at rigozsaurus.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 05:43:19PM -0600, Paul wrote:
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> > On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 2:46 PM John Osmon <josmon at rigozsaurus.com>
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> > > [... run your own resolver ...]
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> > > On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 02:16:14PM -0600, Paul wrote:
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> > > > Sure, but you're still going to need to use an upstream DNS provider.
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> > > No you don't.  You just need Internet access and an updated
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> > > hints file so you can find the root servers.
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> > > One of the purposes of the DNS is to be self-sufficient.
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> > You're absolutely right. I was thinking of a solution like a Pi-hole. You
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> > could run your own without an upstream provider and just ne keep the
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> > file updated. Now I kinda want to do that.
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> I want you to also!  If you run into problems, I'm happy to help.
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> We need more people conversant with DNS!
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