[ubuntu-za] DNS Server

[Andre Hugo]

Keegan,

Thanks.

Very interesting results with namebench

Recommended configuration (fastest + nearest)Primary Server
168.210.2.2
Internet Solutions ZASecondary Server
196.207.32.83
Vodacom mvo ZATertiary Server
196.2.45.101
Mweb ZA-2




On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Keegan Carruthers-Smith <
keegan.csmith at gmail.com> wrote:

> If all you are interested in is speed/latency, then check out
> http://code.google.com/p/namebench/
> This is a benchmark tool written to find the best DNS server for you to
> use.
>
> Keegan
>
> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Soren Aalto <soren.aalto at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Neil Manson
> > <neil.manson at infotech.monash.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm using OpenDNS, specifically for the filtering. I have children in
> the
> >> house who are just getting into Internet searching. The filtering is
> great,
> >> and I haven't noticed any impact on browsing speed.
> >
> > Agreed about the content filtering -- we used it for awhile on campus.
> >  However,
> > doing any content filtering on a 1000+ user network is...a real pain,
> > because
> > our staff generated several "unblock this" requests a day.  So we
> stopped.
> > I've played with using openDNS and/or squidguard to do content
> > classification
> > from the squid log files -- in our environment it will be easier to
> permit
> > access
> > and then have the logging side of things start throwing up red flags &
> > communicating to the staff that they...well, shouldn't do things they
> > wouldn't
> > like to explain to us or their colleagues.
> >
> >>
> >> ~ Neil
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
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> > University of Zululand
> >
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