I’m running a local DNS server on my laptop, best idea. Why is that not a common practice?
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@julienxx Interesting idea, was it hard to set up?
@yyp not really (well YMMV), basically follow a DNS server install instructions for your OS and limit it to queries from localhost like https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/set-up-local-dns-resolver-ubuntu-18-04-16-04-bind9
@julienxx Interesting, will look into this
@julienxx Is a local dns server updating to URL/DNS address changes as fast as 8.8.4.4. or 8.8.8.8.? Just wondering.
@jayrope they all query root dns servers in some way, so yes
@julienxx Cool. I'll try that. Thanx for the note.
@jayrope with the added benefits of adding your own zones and bypassing some of your ISP blocklist
In fact, any distro will probably run a caching resolver (so in essence a dns server) mostly via systemd-resolve as of today.
But a real, root querying resolver? You essentially need to lookup every domain from scratch, which is much much slower than just using one that already has it in the cache
@julienxx because many systems have something like a hosts file which is basically it, and most homes have a router which is also a DNS?
@reto @julienxx normally you have a hosts file where you can add names and ips manually. It's technically not using DNS, but works in a similar manner for the local pc. Some use it to filter out spotify ads, for example, or to make short names for servers. On linux it's /etc/hosts and on windows it's inside the system32 directory, I think.
@julienxx
check out Stubby, available on some distributions, local dns server running only encrypted queries, been using it for some years and works fine with no config required!
@dece ah nice, will have a look!
