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Aqua32
 Post subject: Is Bind9 Necessary?
PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2015 6:56 pm 
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I've just set up a new Debian 8 Linode and, unlike my other one, I have decided *not* to run my own DNS server and rely on Linode's instead.

Does this mean that I can safely uninstall Bind9 from my server without any side effects?

Thanks!
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Vance
 Post subject: Re: Is Bind9 Necessary?
PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2015 9:51 pm 
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Yes, you may. You might want to keep the 'bind9-host' and 'dnsutils' packages installed, as they provide client utilities like host, dig, and nslookup.
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sanvila
 Post subject: Re: Is Bind9 Necessary?
PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:34 pm 
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You might want to keep bind9 as a caching-only DNS server, i.e. using
Code:
nameserver 127.0.0.1

in /etc/resolv.conf and putting your usual DNS servers as forwarders in /etc/bind/named.conf.options.
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