On 19 Nov 2024, Matus UHLAR stated: >>On 18 Nov 2024, Bill Cole spake thusly: >>> If you forward DNS queries instead of running your own *fully >>> recursive* DNS resolver locally, you *look* like you are part of a >>> high-volume leech. This almost certainly does not mean you should run >>> dnsmasq locally, it means you need a REAL resolver. Unbound does a >>> good job without the rococo config options of BIND. Many people also >>> like the resolver half of the PowerDNS suite. > > On 18.11.24 18:18, Nix wrote: >>I'm running BIND (actually, two BINDs, one authoritative one, one >>recursive resolver). Sorry, I've been doing that for so long I forgot >>any alternative was possible! :) > > Are you sure your provider does not intercept DNS queries?
I think it's basically A&A's raison d'etre to not ever do horrible things like that. > On 19.11.24 04:46, Matija Nalis wrote: >>10k requests per 30-day period is about 333 queries/day. Or less than 14 >>queries per hour. >>Not very much at all (and certainly at least order of magnitude less than >>your stated traffic). >>No amount of local DNS caching is going to fix limits *that low*. > > yeah, this looks like blocking every non-paying user. Not sure about that. The account seems to be free. I think they just want some way to contact people if they make too many queries, but honestly the way they're doing that is pretty silly. -- NULL && (void)
