Frode Egeland wrote:
>> Wow .. there is *no* reason at all to install bind?
>
> If it's installed as a caching dns server, that might be a benefit?
BIND is not limited just to people hosting DNS services. It's
lightweight, and works perfectly fine as a read-only caching DNS server
that resolves
On Jan 20, 2008 11:59 PM, Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> > I agree. No reason to install BIND unless you're hosting names.
>
> One *great* reason to install BIND: Caching. Very handy for small networks,
> and absolutely critical if you want to run a performant mail server. :-)
>
> - J
> I agree. No reason to install BIND unless you're hosting names.
One *great* reason to install BIND: Caching. Very handy for small networks,
and absolutely critical if you want to run a performant mail server. :-)
- Jeff
--
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On Jan 19, 8:00 pm, "Frode Egeland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I just set my /etc/resolv.conf to point at the openDNS servers - seems fast..
>
There's a free alternative to OpenDNS. I use this "ad free" DNS
resolver server:
http://www.ifirefly.com
I hope this helps.
Anyway, I agree about BI
On Jan 19, 9:43 pm, Shane Handley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I've tried adding thoseDNSservers in NetworkManager but it does not
> seem to work. It still redirects to a BigPond search page.
>
> Using OpenDNS addresses works, but I still have to deal with the openDNS
> search for single words.
>
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On Jan 20, 2008 4:26 PM, James Purser wrote:
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> On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 16:23 +1100, Peter Garrett wrote:
> > On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:54:54 +1100
> > Scott Sinclair wrote:
> >
> > > All it does is change the default DNS Servers.. This surely is much
On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 16:23 +1100, Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:54:54 +1100
> Scott Sinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > All it does is change the default DNS Servers.. This surely is much easier
> > to do with NetworkManager, then to go to the extents of installing bind ..
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:54:54 +1100
Scott Sinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All it does is change the default DNS Servers.. This surely is much easier
> to do with NetworkManager, then to go to the extents of installing bind ..
Unless you stop your router's dhcp from overwriting
(actually *rep
On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 11:54 +1100, Scott Sinclair wrote:
> On Sun 20 Jan, 2008 at 07:57:48 +1000, Daniel Mons wrote:
> > Shane Handley wrote:
> > > Can anyone rid me of these bastards? I get stabby whenever I see that
> > > logo. Or is this something I will be forced to deal with as a BigPond
>
On Jan 20, 2008 11:54 AM, Scott Sinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun 20 Jan, 2008 at 07:57:48 +1000, Daniel Mons wrote:
> > Shane Handley wrote:
> > > Can anyone rid me of these bastards? I get stabby whenever I see that
> > > logo. Or is this something I will be forced to deal with as a Bi
On Sun 20 Jan, 2008 at 07:57:48 +1000, Daniel Mons wrote:
> Shane Handley wrote:
> > Can anyone rid me of these bastards? I get stabby whenever I see that
> > logo. Or is this something I will be forced to deal with as a BigPond
> > user?
>
> 1) Install BIND on your system (sudo apt-get install bi
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:57:48 +1000
Daniel Mons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Shane Handley wrote:
[snip]
> > Can anyone rid me of these bastards? I get stabby whenever I see that
> > logo. Or is this something I will be forced to deal with as a BigPond
> > user?
>
> 1) Install BIND on your system
OpenDNS is great, but it is a pain in the ass to set up on ubuntu...
If you have a proper wireless router, or a Windows/Mac Machine, then it's
worth it
On Jan 20, 2008 8:57 AM, Daniel Mons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Shane Handley wrote:
> > Thanks for the explanation Stuart.
> >
> > Predictabl
Shane Handley wrote:
> Thanks for the explanation Stuart.
>
> Predictably their opt-out instructions do not include Linux:
>
> http://websearch.bigpond.com/bpdnshelp.do
>
> I changed my DNS settings, but to no avail.
>
> Can anyone rid me of these bastards? I get stabby whenever I see that
> l
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:08:33 +1100
Shane Handley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anyone rid me of these bastards? I get stabby whenever I see that
> logo. Or is this something I will be forced to deal with as a BigPond
> user?
This depends on whether they have multiple addresses for their site,
On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 23:46 +1100, Joel Shea wrote:
> On 19/01/2008, Shane Handley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Have those evil F**ks been using this new gamearena repository to plant
> > their filthy malware into ubuntu machines? Is anyone else experiencing
> > this?
> >
>
> I'd suggest ch
On Sat 19 Jan, 2008 at 23:38:45 +1100, Shane Handley wrote:
> For example, when i enter 'evil' into the address bar and hit enter, I
> am redirected to:
>
> http://www6.websearch2.bigpond.com/search?qo=evil&rn=gep_LPmUlQciExp
>
> When i enter 2 words, google seems to show up.
>
When you type in
On Saturday 19 January 2008 23:38:45 Shane Handley wrote:
> For example, when i enter 'evil' into the address bar and hit enter, I
> am redirected to:
>
> http://www6.websearch2.bigpond.com/search?qo=evil&rn=gep_LPmUlQciExp
>
> When i enter 2 words, google seems to show up.
>
> Have those evil F**k
On 19/01/2008, Shane Handley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<...>
>
> Have those evil F**ks been using this new gamearena repository to plant
> their filthy malware into ubuntu machines? Is anyone else experiencing
> this?
>
I'd suggest checking the md5 sums of your packages, before jumping to
any con
Greetings list,
This evening (Sat Night) after an update, which was followed by an
epiphany crash (unusual) and some HAL errors, I rebooted my system and
restarted epiphany. When I typed a search term into the address bar, I
got a bigpond search page, instead of the familiar google page.
For exam
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