Re: dial-up networking: should i add dns ?

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From: Webgiirl Junita
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 00:00

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On Tue, 12 May 1998 09:47:12 +1000, Mat Ballard
<mat.ballard@molsci.csiro.au> wrote:

>i've got kernel 2.0.33, ppp 2.3.4, and ip masquerading working just fine
>for our home network, to give dial-on-demand internet access.
>
>i want to speed things up a bit (the ISP uses a 26.6K modem !), so
>can/should i install some form of dns or caching ?
>
>the one "fly in the ointment" is that my linux server is a 8M 386.

NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There only two types of people who run their own dns (even cache only)

1. Really smart people

2. Really dumb people

And there are a lot more dumb people than smart people


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