From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qto1S-0005C0-Ak for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:51:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 92EAD21C27A; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:51:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f171.google.com (mail-ey0-f171.google.com [209.85.215.171]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D13121C277 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:49:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyg24 with SMTP id 24so750222eyg.16 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:49:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jmqxthvqwftQ9bvNqAKyN6Sf8QZao9kIE0RvQmXn6Vw=; b=GUMbXDkdpzo4xLDA3yGjQZEI3mvK9PmSy0FKmMTTR3Sqb+8qBpSobt0vHYnZ/GBqhy rS8DTfUlG6HgXlVjjheIVdGBaQMQXAMf+lUZiC3SSrI+BI2oASNB/yFNjnJO6Y1AT4PP aNVPpwjB61mc4MVLRs8zUofTp3ehRHSBGIbD4= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.145.67 with SMTP id o43mr521556eej.204.1313617769640; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:49:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.100.140 with HTTP; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:49:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1348288.bdNIif9y8Z@nazgul> References: <1348288.bdNIif9y8Z@nazgul> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:49:29 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Running HTTP and DNS on same machine From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: b12dcef511ed2eaf2ef6cee421b5def5 >> I currently use a free service to host the DNS records for my >> website, but I'm thinking of running a DNS server on the same >> machine that runs my website instead. =A0Would that be fairly trivial >> to set up and maintain? =A0If so, which package should I use? > > The first question is Why? My thinking was of the "may as well" variety but now it's sounding like a very bad idea. Are there DNS hosts you guys particularly like? - Grant > There's no real benefit, it's a huge amount of work for little gain, > you carry the cost of increased traffic yourself, and if that host > goes blip, you not only lose access to the web server but to the > entire zone as well. > > Technically there's no good reason why you can't co-host web and dns. > However, depending on your upper level domain and registrar, TWO dns > servers may be a requirement (this is the norm) and you propose only > one. Where's the second one going to be? Only one is a very bad idea > indeed. > > Your last two questions reveal that this is not something you are > familiar with already, so I highly recommend you investigate > everything thoroughly and fully understand just what you are letting > yourself in for before deciding. > > If you simply don't like your current DNS provider, then finding a > different one you do like is quite simple. > > > -- > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com