[arm-allstar] DNS Server

[David McGough]

Hi Kent,

Running a local DNS server is an hold over from my building hundreds of 
custom routers. DNS on various ISP's is one of the things that I found to 
be broken most frequently.  Most ISP's allow traffic to the root servers, 
so, I found that running local DNS fixes more issues than you might 
imagine.

However, running a local DNS server isn't a requirement for operation--as 
long as you do have a working DNS server available.

Are you having trouble with DNS??? The default DNS configuration in this 
distro shouldn't pose any security hazards.


73, David KB4FXC


On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, Kent Ochs wrote:

> I have noticed that the named service is running in the current Raspberry PI 2 distribution.
> In the overall scheme of things, is running a DNS server necessary?  What role does the named service play in the current distribution, ie.  if I disable it, what do I break:-)
> Thanks for the assistance. Kent OchsW9KAO
>