On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Jim wrote:

> What's to prevent me from simply pointing to your
> DNS and using that to resolve 'names'?

I *think* I've got query turned off from everywhwere but here, meaning you
can use my DNS to resolve my domain(s) but not others.  I can use it for
anything.  There are, though, lots of more reliable DNS servers out there,
many of which you can use from anywhere.  I'm on a cable modem and use a
secondary DNS service for redundancy and to keep a lower profile with the
ISP.  It's a challenge to run your own domain on a consumer cable modem
connection, but it can be done.

> I've had to set up my Wintel box here to 'point'
> at other DNS's when my ISP's DNS was 'hosed up' ...

Me too, until a few years ago when I set up my own.  It's so
low-maintenance, I just check a couple of times a year for any compelling
reasons to update my BIND version.  There's even a Windows NT/2000 version
now.

Dale

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