On Tue, 2022-12-13 at 16:11 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > I used to use bind, but it became impossible to configure when > they started enforcing DNS encryption, When did that happen? Mine isn't running that way, though I'm running it on CentOS 7. > switched to dnsmasq and wondered why I ever bothered to fool with bind :-). I started using BIND when messing with hosts files became a pain on a small LAN, and it made sense to learn how a real server worked (not that I want a job in IT), and BIND configuration was quite well documented. Likewise, I use Apache rather than some other half-baked HTTP server. Though, unfortunately, my hosting provider has decided they're now going to use LightSpeed, which isn't Apache-compatible in the areas that I want (not to mention is expensive versus free), and their custom-buggerising has wrecked a few things which they refuse to fix. I keep meaning to change hosts, but finding someone else who actually says they use Apache (in my country) and doesn't have the worst website to navigate to look at features versus price, is a pain in the butt. Not to mention that there's quite a few who think we should be paying hundreds a month for them. Yeah, right, dream on. I don't even want any of that added-on gumph (wordpress, etc), it's useless to me and just another hacking point of entry. > Dnsmasq gets names out of the /etc/hosts file and I configure a fixed > IP in my router's dhcp for every device on the network so the fixed > /etc/hosts entries will always be correct. And that's where I would quit. The last thing I would want to do is split the work between my server and my crappy router. My router can be switched off and my entire LAN works fine. That's a particular bonus if you have to reboot it, or replace it. It also wouldn't support local name resolution for dynamic addresses. And while mDNA/Avahi/ZeroConf might be the answer for a lot of home users, it's only useful if every device can use it. -- NB: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the list. The following system info data is generated fresh for each post: uname -rsvp Linux 6.0.10-200.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Nov 26 16:53:11 UTC 2022 x86_64 _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
