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The Path to DNS Independence (Part 2)

To quote from Wikipedia:

An authoritative name server is a name server that gives answers that have been configured by an original source, for example, the domain administrator or by dynamic DNS methods, in contrast to answers that were obtained via a regular DNS query to another name server. An authoritative-only name server only returns answers to queries about domain names that have been specifically configured by the administrator.

Continuing on from my theme of DNS independence, I’d like to explore the advantages and disadvantages of hosting your own authoritative name servers.

Let us take a look at my own setup for authoritative name servers.

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New Year, New Beginnings

Here we go again. I decided to archive the old AT and start over fresh. Yes, I went back to WordPress. Yes, I know how much it sucks, how much PHP sucks, etcetera. Few things I’m doing different from last time:

  • WordPress is installed and updated from SVN. I’m not letting it update itself.
  • No unnecessary plugins installed.
  • Comments are disabled. If you really really need to give me your opinion on a post, please hit me up on Twitter.
  • No multiuser usage this time. Thanks to everyone who wrote for the old AT but for now I have decided to keep this blog strictly me.

Here is to another eventful year, filled with posts about everything and nothing.