[Ubuntu-SG] [Slugnet] DNS on Ubuntu question

[Jeffrey 'jf' Lim]

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 4:51 PM,  <desire at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Anand Vaidya <anandvaidya.ml at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> While you are at it, why not try using opendns.com's DNS service? They
>> filter DNS queries for many porn, gambling, virus laden sites. I am pretty
>> pleased with them , I have ditched using the local ISPs DNS servers
>
> Sometimes you might actually want the porn^H^H^H^Hvirus laden sites for
> various reasons :-)
>
> Anyway, I've also considered switching to other DNS servers, eg. opendns,
> google public dns, pacific internet or singnet dns, etc.  Conclusion was
> that switching would make overall browsing slower, as content distribution
> networks based on anycast dns would serve content via non-optimum network
> paths (eg, via servers in hong kong or the US instead of servers within
> starhub's velocity program in singapore).

how many of those would you typically come across, I wonder? Another
option (heheh) would be to in this case keep the local dnses, but
implement a caching resolver locally for the speed.

-jf

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