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| Author: | Aqua32 [ Sat May 30, 2015 6:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Is Bind9 Necessary? |
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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| Author: | Vance [ Sat May 30, 2015 9:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Bind9 Necessary? |
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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| Author: | sanvila [ Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Bind9 Necessary? |
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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