Edward Dekkers edward@tripled.iinet.net.au wrote:
Originally I thought I could just run DNS here on my Linux box. But apparently from what I understand of the reading I'm doing I'd need two servers to do this.
For a home DSL system having two DNS servers is overkill. If your network is down none of your services are going to be working anyway, so having a DNS on another network isn't going to help. Some registrars may enforce this requirement though. If so you might be able to make a deal with another person in a similar situation to provide DNS service for each other.
For more arguments on why you don't really need two DNS servers in this case see: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/third-party.html