Comments on: Mike Tech Show – Podcast – #315 – 07-15-10 http://mikenation.net/2010/07/16/mike-tech-show-%e2%80%93-podcast-%e2%80%93-315-%e2%80%93-07-15-10/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Clyde R. Visser http://mikenation.net/2010/07/16/mike-tech-show-%e2%80%93-podcast-%e2%80%93-315-%e2%80%93-07-15-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Clyde R. Visser Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:46:20 +0000 http://mikenation.net/?p=1290#comment-1015 Hey Mike, you mentioned OpenDNS in Show #315. I've been using OpenDNS for some time now. I've also been using a DNS benchmark as well to see how well it stacks up with other DNS servers. It's from Steve Gibson at GRC.com and can be found at http://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm . I'm also using a caching DNS server (bind9) on a local Ubuntu LAMP server as the primary DNS on my router. Bind9 provides excellent response times on already cached DNS look-ups. The OpenDNS dashboard says that my activity appeared to drop by a large margin after I started using Bind9 which makes sense since most look-ups are to places that I've been to before and are already cached. Stay well and God Bless. Clyde Hey Mike, you mentioned OpenDNS in Show #315. I’ve been using OpenDNS for some time now. I’ve also been using a DNS benchmark as well to see how well it stacks up with other DNS servers. It’s from Steve Gibson at GRC.com and can be found at http://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm . I’m also using a caching DNS server (bind9) on a local Ubuntu LAMP server as the primary DNS on my router. Bind9 provides excellent response times on already cached DNS look-ups. The OpenDNS dashboard says that my activity appeared to drop by a large margin after I started using Bind9 which makes sense since most look-ups are to places that I’ve been to before and are already cached.

Stay well and God Bless.

Clyde

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