Re: [CentOS] DNS Serving - Why my own?

2009-10-07 Thread m . roth
ML wrote: HI All, Can anyone explain why I might want to run my own DNS Server in-house? I have a comcast business circuit and use their DNS servers and when I need entries, I use GoDaddy where I buy my domains. It depends upon how many PCs / servers you have and what functions these

Re: [CentOS] DNS Serving - Why my own?

2009-10-07 Thread Florin Andrei
Ryan Pugatch wrote: Another reason would be to avoid your ISP's redirection when a host doesn't resolve. Comcast, for example, will send your request to their search page. This can confuse some people, or can potentially end up leading you to a malicious page (I don't trust their search

[CentOS] DNS Serving - Why my own?

2009-10-05 Thread ML
HI All, Can anyone explain why I might want to run my own DNS Server in-house? I have a comcast business circuit and use their DNS servers and when I need entries, I use GoDaddy where I buy my domains. Best, -ML ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] DNS Serving - Why my own?

2009-10-05 Thread Brian Mathis
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:17 PM, ML mailingli...@mailnewsrss.com wrote: HI All, Can anyone explain why I might want to run my own DNS Server in-house? I have a comcast business circuit and use their DNS servers and when I need entries, I use GoDaddy where I buy my domains. Best, -ML If

Re: [CentOS] DNS Serving - Why my own?

2009-10-05 Thread Rob Kampen
ML wrote: HI All, Can anyone explain why I might want to run my own DNS Server in-house? I have a comcast business circuit and use their DNS servers and when I need entries, I use GoDaddy where I buy my domains. Best, -ML ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] DNS Serving - Why my own?

2009-10-05 Thread John R Pierce
ML wrote: HI All, Can anyone explain why I might want to run my own DNS Server in-house? I have a comcast business circuit and use their DNS servers and when I need entries, I use GoDaddy where I buy my domains. A) run a caching server to speed up lookups B) you want to have DNS

Re: [CentOS] DNS Serving - Why my own?

2009-10-05 Thread Les Mikesell
ML wrote: HI All, Can anyone explain why I might want to run my own DNS Server in-house? I have a comcast business circuit and use their DNS servers and when I need entries, I use GoDaddy where I buy my domains. It's generally a good idea to have a caching server locally for speed and

Re: [CentOS] DNS Serving - Why my own?

2009-10-05 Thread Kemp, Larry
Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Les Mikesell Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 12:31 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] DNS Serving - Why my own? ML wrote: HI All, Can anyone explain why I might want to run my own DNS Server

Re: [CentOS] DNS Serving - Why my own?

2009-10-05 Thread Ryan Pugatch
Kemp, Larry wrote: All great responses. Why would a small business want to run their own DNS? Independence and control. If you want or require the ability to route people to internal (on your LAN/WAN) web-based applications to URL's like http://intranet or

Re: [CentOS] DNS Serving - Why my own?

2009-10-05 Thread Drew
Can anyone explain why I might want to run my own DNS Server in-house? I have a comcast business circuit and use their DNS servers and when I need entries, I use GoDaddy where I buy my domains. Depends on the size of your organization. My at home setup has a few PCs CentOS boxes so it's easy