On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 01:12:17 +0200 (CEST) "Benny Pedersen" <m...@junc.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, April 3, 2009 00:31, Mike Bostock wrote: > > Noted the stuff about OpenDNS being "not a proper DNS" and, as I > > have squid set up but not in use, I may just point squid at it > > and go back to using my ISP's DNS servers as forwarders. > > bind works better without forwarders, it common error to belive isp > can handle more loads and cache, but no localhost rules Going through a forwarder cuts down the number of round trips, which can be a major speedup if you have poor latency. It can also insulate you, somewhat, from slow authoritative servers.
