Unix Thread

Anyone care to discuss unbound?
what are the main advantages of running a local DNS server?
I want to compile a list based on my poor understanding of DNS. While it's easy to replicate an unbound config, it's important to understand exactly what is more secure instead of pointing directly to a third party DNS like google
-faster resolution due to local caching DNS server
-DNSSEC validation
-have a local authoritative DNS server for local host names
-avoid trusting third party DNS servers and instead query from root down (?)


I'm trying to understand this unbound config https://calomel.org/unbound_dns.html

Why do you still need forward zones if you are supposedly querying everything from root and going down?
Isn't the whole point to avoid third party DNS and resolve from root? Is this even possible?
I'm probably misunderstanding something here

>>56396064
i think the advantage to having a local DNS is mostly being able to redirect things

>>56394873
QNX? Blackberry had a winner on this and some fucking retard took control of the company.

>>56396942
maybe minix is gonna fill its niche

>>56396911
yeah, control is a core feature

was wondering what additional steps were being taken however with things like DNSSEC and perhaps DNScrypt

>SPARC32 support going away in openbsd
god damn, they're really cutting down

>>56397100
There probably aren't many SPARC32 systems out there. SPARC64 has been around for 22+ years(almost the same age as the first pentium) so they've probably all been phased out of anything really important.