Re: postfix problems

From: NfoCipher (nfocipher_at_chickenware.com)
Date: 09/03/03

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Date: 02 Sep 2003 20:44:24 -0500

    On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 20:18, Marc Adler wrote:

    > I will, but I don't understand why running your own name server is bad.
    > Could you explain that?
    >
    It's not bad if you're behind a firewall of some sort. Mostly a matter
    of opinion. The only time you need to secure a dns server is if your
    port 53 tcp is open to the world. So you're gonna have the crowd that
    will say, don't run it unless you just need to, and the other side that
    says, it's there, it's useful, why not use it.

    A personal caching dns server is harmless, and it comes setup like that
    by default.

    As for why its not affecting windows. More than likely it is, it just
    times out faster before you really notice. 

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