I have read that some attacks on the internet could come through DNS servers, so I was wondering if there was a way to set up an internal cache. I don't want to manually edit hosts or resolve.conf. What I want is some daemon that will capture the DNS requests that I make in my day-to-day browsing and over time build a list of resolved addresses, that can be used if my usual DNS servers go down for whatever reason.
I hope I have made sense. Is there anything out there like that? Not even sure what to call it, maybe dns cache server?
I've only found this one old thread.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 92&t=10801
Do I have to go the BIND route to get what I want?
Can Puppy make its own DNS cache?
Interesting! Let see if someboady can suggest somthing. I' thecnically curios about that. but..... I do not belive can be a great solution. I think -if somboady will shotdown the dns servers, nothing will work properly . Tne websites, themself, inside the code and the javascrippt, cannot catc their own data, if they point to a www.mysite/page . I do not belive some haker desires to destroy internet. Is maybe a trolling message.
PaulBx1,
I don't understand why you do not want to edit the hosts file. That would be a simple and effective solution.
Browsers temporarily cache the IP address of a domain when a page has been visited. For instance, Opera caches DNS for about 15 minutes.
I don't understand why you do not want to edit the hosts file. That would be a simple and effective solution.
Browsers temporarily cache the IP address of a domain when a page has been visited. For instance, Opera caches DNS for about 15 minutes.
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Hello, Paul and Terry.
Puppy is very secure, as you may already know. But, as an extra safeguard measure, for years now, I've been using the free MVPS HOSTS file from: http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm which I update every once and awhile.
Seems to fit the bill very nicely on Puppy. Never had a problem.
You simply replace the default /etc/hosts file in Puppy with the above.
Caveat: in the above, comment or delete any entry relating to legit Linux sites, such as the "die" site for man files.
Additionally, you can also subscribe to a free DNS service to satisfy your "paranoia" requirements. (smile)
BFN.
Puppy is very secure, as you may already know. But, as an extra safeguard measure, for years now, I've been using the free MVPS HOSTS file from: http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm which I update every once and awhile.
Seems to fit the bill very nicely on Puppy. Never had a problem.
You simply replace the default /etc/hosts file in Puppy with the above.
Caveat: in the above, comment or delete any entry relating to legit Linux sites, such as the "die" site for man files.
Additionally, you can also subscribe to a free DNS service to satisfy your "paranoia" requirements. (smile)
BFN.
musher0
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Hello Christian,
I use the MVPS hosts list too and I recommend it. However, I think Paul is raising the different issue of 'DNS poisoning' where a DNS server is hacked. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_spoofing .
Hosts file was originally intended as a local DNS record to do something like Paul wants: have IP addresses of his frequently visited sites cached locally so not to be reliant on an external DNS server. The only snag with this is if your favourite web site changes IP address your hosts file will send you to the old address!
I use the MVPS hosts list too and I recommend it. However, I think Paul is raising the different issue of 'DNS poisoning' where a DNS server is hacked. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_spoofing .
Hosts file was originally intended as a local DNS record to do something like Paul wants: have IP addresses of his frequently visited sites cached locally so not to be reliant on an external DNS server. The only snag with this is if your favourite web site changes IP address your hosts file will send you to the old address!
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