Warren, > Anyone have any better tips of an alternate DNS resolver, or > configuration options to improve this suggested configuration?
please distinguish between DNS server and recursive+caching resolver. The HowTo meen the second one... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System#Name_servers other resolvers installable by users are - unbound ( http://unbound.net ) - dnscache ( http://cr.yp.to/dnscache.html ) - bind (off course) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_DNS_server_software -- Andreas Schulze