Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help

On 2026-07-19 04:20, Leroy H wrote:
> On 19 Jul 2026 01:31:39 GMT, rbowman wrote:
> 
>>
>> Perhaps you shouldn't have tried to set up DNS caching.
>>
> 
> I have been using pdnsd for a L-O-N-G time and there has never
> been a problem until recently and then only with security
> on commercial payment sites.
> 
> Pdnsd allows me avoid the web tracking of ISP nameservers
> by directly querying the top-level root nameservers.
> 
> The web site for pdnsd seems down but there is very recent
> information on ArchLinux:
> 
> <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pdnsd>
> 


<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdnsd>

Says last stable version was 14 years ago.

You could be using a current thing like dnsmasq. Even bind.

> 
> I will get this debugged.  Right now it is not urgent but
> I will dig into it.  IP has not changed and will not change.
> Therefore the pdnsd code will remain viable even without
> an active maintainer.
> 
> If not, I can always temporarily, as needed, resort to dhcpcd
> with OpenDNS.
> 


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