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| DNS reddit | 150d | 103 | Anyone using deSEC? I'm currently using ClouDNS. I've been happily using their free tier for over 10 years. However, their free tier does not allow API access, which I now need. deSEC is open source, which appeals to me. They also alowe API... |
| DNS reddit | 150d | 110 | What do yall do with block queries spamming the dns... I got many block queries spamming my resolver like logs.netflix.com. It was spamming my nextdns so I made dnsmasq automatically return 0.0.0.0 so it wont pass it to my upstream. But looking at dnsmasq logs I can see... |
| DNS reddit | 150d | 110 | Local DNS Server submitted by /u/the_mhousman
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| DNS reddit | 150d | 98 | Wizard to generate PTR recs in bulk Had a situation where a customer had to generate PTRs for a /20 - you could do this with awk or perl fairly easily, but I put up a web wizard to knock these out quickly so you can paste it into a zonefile:... |
| DNS reddit | 151d | 101 | Name.com Name Servers Down? Yesterday afternoon (Swiss time), I noticed that all my websites were down. On all of them, my browser showed a DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN error.
Weirdly enough, my colleagues from Germany couldn't access them either.... |
| DNS reddit | 151d | 37 | Biggest hosts file available There are ready to use DNS servers and I personally don't know what their filters are precisely.But is there available somewhere on internet the biggest hosts file that is regularly updated so we can apply to our... |
| DNS reddit | 151d | 40 | Calling DNS experts, need your help please!!! I set up a GoDaddy domain, and have been trying to connect Google Workspace. I followed all instructions available for this connection (everything on google says connected!), but the emails I send from this domain still... |
| DNS reddit | 151d | 38 | Analysis of providers and DNS centralisation with ~320M... submitted by /u/unihilists
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| PowerDNS Blog | 151d | 9 | PowerDNS Security Advisories 2025-07 and 2025-08 Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.1.9, 5.2.7 and 5.3.3.
These releases fix two PowerDNS Security Advisories: 2025-07: Internal logic flaw in cache management can lead to a denial of service in Recursor... |
| DNS reddit | 152d | 38 | Built a Request Path Simulator to debug DNS and redirect... submitted by /u/midoriya93
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| ISC.org | 152d | 10 | Internet Governance Activities ISC s employees and board members are proud to participate in many governance bodies and community initiatives. |
| DNS reddit | 152d | 30 | I used dns to block adult websites but it still wont block.. So i am using cloudflare dns and it still wont block adult subreddits completely and neither would it block me from viewing adult content on reddit-host websites like pholder.com
any idea on how do i fix this???... |
| DNS reddit | 152d | 28 | Yeyy learned how to properly setup my local dns. submitted by /u/unfiltereddz
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| DNS reddit | 152d | 32 | Vultr v Anexia cloud submitted by /u/Mammoth-Ad-107
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| DNS reddit | 153d | 22 | GRC spoofability test I ran a grc spoofability test for my router checked yor dns. When using my isp dns it fails with bad score on stuck bits. When using cloudflare, it gets an excellent rating. Has anyone else ran this test on your isp dns.... |
| DNS reddit | 153d | 24 | Hostname + DNS domain mystery submitted by /u/Ettapp
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| DNS reddit | 153d | 20 | How can I supposedly practice setting up MX record in a... submitted by /u/PrimaryWaste8717
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| DNS reddit | 153d | 26 | Why is dkim timing out? Hi all,
I’m running my own authoritative DNS using CoreDNS for my domain severijnse.eu . Everything works fine for normal A/MX queries sub-50 ms responses. I’m also publishing two DKIM selectors ( mail1._domainkey and... |
| DNS reddit | 154d | 29 | Is this how VPN/DNS works? I'm trying to understand more in-depth how VPNs work. The normal process of connecting to a website involves your internet provider sending a DNS request, receiving the site's IP address, then sending an HTTP request to... |
| DNS reddit | 154d | 29 | So glad today’s cloudfront outage.. was NOT DNS! For once a major cloud service provider outage with major impacts was caused by ‘a bad patch to remediate a CVE’ and not DNS. I feel some redemption. submitted by /u/labratnc
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