Re: Running DNS locally?

2007-12-11 Thread sanjay dubey
Hi , You can very much install DNS server at your end but you hv not mention in your mail for what kind of dns you would like to have. 1. Do you want cache only DNS server ? 2 Do you would like to install as a name server. Do specify then we can tell you about the requirement. Reg Sanjay Dubey

Re: I feel stupid -- determine the full path to a file

2007-12-11 Thread Andy Bradford
Thus said Andrew McNabb on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:57:03 CST: > argument_list="arg1 arg2 arg3" > some_program $argument_list > > Unfortunately, I could find no way to execute a program with a > variable length list of arguments. The following works, but requires a > fixed number of arguments:

Re: Mounting NFS shares in Vista

2007-12-11 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 11:41:48AM -0700, Steve wrote: > Sorry secured is relative in this sense. I have my router set to only > allow access to that port on that server from a few specific MACs. Which you can also do in /etc/exports. On the off chance that you don't trust your router. -- Cha

Re: Mounting NFS shares in Vista

2007-12-11 Thread Steve
Sorry secured is relative in this sense. I have my router set to only allow access to that port on that server from a few specific MACs. On Dec 11, 2007 11:37 AM, Andrew Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 11, 2007 11:33 AM, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] a nicely secured NF

Re: Mounting NFS shares in Vista

2007-12-11 Thread Andrew Jorgensen
On Dec 11, 2007 11:33 AM, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] a nicely secured NFS export. A what? How?! /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Mounting NFS shares in Vista

2007-12-11 Thread Steve
Howdy everyone, I have a little tip of the day for you, I hope maybe it can help some folks out in the future since all the howtos I could find on this are not exactly clear. I have a vista box for testing purposes, and I have a home file server that contains among other things file I would like t

Re: Running DNS locally?

2007-12-11 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 11 Dec 2007, at 09:18, Nicholas Leippe wrote: djbdns (dnscache) works fantastic for this. Just install it with your distro's packagemanager, then run: $ dnscache-setup Accepting the defaults will get you a local, caching dns server that uses the global root servers. Takes literally abo

Re: Running DNS locally?

2007-12-11 Thread Scott Barlow
On Dec 11, 2007 9:45 AM, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have all of my domains with everydns, never had a problem with txt > > records, but you do have to donate for that feature. > > I met a company a few months ago that does DNS software for servers - Secure64. Interesting concept, as

Re: Running DNS locally?

2007-12-11 Thread Steve
I have all of my domains with everydns, never had a problem with txt records, but you do have to donate for that feature. On Dec 11, 2007 9:40 AM, Jason Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/11/07, Jared Ottley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Instead of running DNS local, I have opted to use

Re: Running DNS locally?

2007-12-11 Thread Jason Hall
On 12/11/07, Jared Ottley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Instead of running DNS local, I have opted to use www.opendns.com. I > like the management capabilities, especially with computer savvy kids > in the house. Agreed on the OpenDNS. Besides great availability, they have some nice tools lik

Re: [opendns.com] Was Running DNS Locally

2007-12-11 Thread Jonathan Ellis
On 12/11/07, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few people have mentioned opendns.com as a solution. > What would be the advantages and disadvantages of going with opendns? advantage: more reliable than your isp's disadvantage: their business plan seems weak. they probably won't be around fore

Re: [opendns.com] Was Running DNS Locally

2007-12-11 Thread Corey Edwards
On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 09:16 -0700, Steve wrote: > A few people have mentioned opendns.com as a solution. > What would be the advantages and disadvantages of going with opendns? My gripe with OpenDNS is they return a response for non-existent domains. I like the fact that they block known phishing

Re: [opendns.com] Was Running DNS Locally

2007-12-11 Thread Jared Ottley
It is optional and is category based: Block lingerie/bikini sites Sites displaying or dedicated to lingerie/bikini that could be considered adult-only. Block nudity sites Sites that provide images or representations of nudity. Block pornography sites Anything relat

Re: Running DNS locally?

2007-12-11 Thread Nicholas Leippe
djbdns (dnscache) works fantastic for this. Just install it with your distro's packagemanager, then run: $ dnscache-setup Accepting the defaults will get you a local, caching dns server that uses the global root servers. Takes literally about 5 seconds to configure. If you want it to check you

Re: Running DNS locally?

2007-12-11 Thread Derek Carter
Steve wrote: Hey everyone, Recently I my ISP appears to have had a DNS outage and it got me thinking, maybe I should run a DNS server here locally for the computers on my own LAN. Has anyone on the list tried doing it? If so what was your experience. What hardware/software did you run. Did it

[opendns.com] Was Running DNS Locally

2007-12-11 Thread Steve
A few people have mentioned opendns.com as a solution. What would be the advantages and disadvantages of going with opendns? It looks like they have "adult content blocking" who makes the decision as to what is "adult" content? Is the adult content filtering mandatory? Don't get me wrong I'm not

Re: Running DNS locally?

2007-12-11 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 08:51:41AM -0700, Steve wrote: > Hey everyone, > Recently I my ISP appears to have had a DNS outage and it got me > thinking, maybe I should run a DNS server here locally for the > computers on my own LAN. > Has anyone on the list tried doing it? If so what was your > exper

Re: Running DNS locally?

2007-12-11 Thread Jared Ottley
Instead of running DNS local, I have opted to use www.opendns.com. I like the management capabilities, especially with computer savvy kids in the house. For my own DNS records, mostly external facing, I am using www.everydns.net. It is first free, second very easy to use, but with enoug

Re: Running DNS locally?

2007-12-11 Thread Dennis Muhlestein
On Dec 11, 2007 8:51 AM, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > Recently I my ISP appears to have had a DNS outage and it got me > thinking, maybe I should run a DNS server here locally for the > computers on my own LAN. > Has anyone on the list tried doing it? If so what was your > ex

Running DNS locally?

2007-12-11 Thread Steve
Hey everyone, Recently I my ISP appears to have had a DNS outage and it got me thinking, maybe I should run a DNS server here locally for the computers on my own LAN. Has anyone on the list tried doing it? If so what was your experience. What hardware/software did you run. Did it end up working