Re: Clearing DNS cache without rebooting
On 14 Dec 2022, at 15:49, Tim via users
<users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
On Tue, 2022-12-13 at 16:11 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote:
> I used to use bind, but it became impossible to configure when
> they started enforcing DNS encryption,
When did that happen? Mine isn't running that way, though I'm running
it on CentOS 7.
> switched to dnsmasq and wondered why I ever bothered to fool with bind :-).
I started using BIND when messing with hosts files became a pain on a
small LAN, and it made sense to learn how a real server worked (not
that I want a job in IT), and BIND configuration was quite well
documented.
Likewise, I use Apache rather than some other half-baked HTTP server.
Though, unfortunately, my hosting provider has decided they're now
going to use LightSpeed, which isn't Apache-compatible in the areas
that I want (not to mention is expensive versus free), and their
custom-buggerising has wrecked a few things which they refuse to fix.
I keep meaning to change hosts, but finding someone else who actually
says they use Apache (in my country) and doesn't have the worst website
to navigate to look at features versus price, is a pain in the butt.
Not to mention that there's quite a few who think we should be paying
hundreds a month for them. Yeah, right, dream on. I don't even want
any of that added-on gumph (wordpress, etc), it's useless to me and
just another hacking point of entry.
I use digitalocean.com and run a “droplet”, 1GiB VM running fedora.
Once you have fedora you can do what ever you want, i run apache httpd.
I use ssl certs from lets encrypt for the domains i own. Cost in $5 or $6 a month.
They support setting up a vm running fedora with ssh to root.
After that is plain sailing to set up.
Barry
> Dnsmasq gets names out of the /etc/hosts file and I configure a fixed
> IP in my router's dhcp for every device on the network so the fixed
> /etc/hosts entries will always be correct.
And that's where I would quit. The last thing I would want to do is
split the work between my server and my crappy router. My router can
be switched off and my entire LAN works fine. That's a particular
bonus if you have to reboot it, or replace it.
It also wouldn't support local name resolution for dynamic addresses.
And while mDNA/Avahi/ZeroConf might be the answer for a lot of home
users, it's only useful if every device can use it.
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