[ale] New document on Unbound caching DNS server

Kyle Brieden kyle at txmoose.com
Mon Sep 17 13:10:33 EDT 2018


I've been running Pi-Hole (https://pi-hole.net) for months, and it is 
absolutely awesome.  Reading up on this, I got curious and dug, and it 
looks like Pi-Hole is running unbound under the hood.

https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/unbound/#configure-unbound

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Very respectfully,
Kyle Brieden

On 13-09-2018 19:36, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The Unbound DNS server is the new kid on the block. A lot of admins are
> replacing BIND9 with Unbound, perhaps plus an authoritative DNS server
> for their domain.
> 
> More interesting still, a lot of laptop owners are installing Unbound
> to replace their old 8.8.8.8 or per-accesspoint resolvers with a full
> caching DNS, which is more secure, faster, and makes for much faster
> browsing.
> 
> At  http://troubleshooters.com/linux/unbound_nsd/unbound.htm  I've
> created a new document detailing the installation and setup of Unbound,
> including:
> 
> * Making it useable all across your LAN
> 
> * Optimizing for lookup speed with pre-priming and other techniques
> 
> * Enabling remote control
> 
> * Making DNS forward and reverse resolution of LAN local computers
>   available across the LAN, without using a traditional Authoritative
>   DNS.
> 
> * Landmines and gotchas.
> 
> * Forwarding to a traditional authoritative DNS server.
> 
> Hope you like it.
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt
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