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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Probably true. But you can do a lot better if you use > non-random nameservers. > > The problem is finding them. I've never found a better > approach than asking friends and then testing the response > times. It seems like there should be a way to > systematically search your network neighborhood for > nameservers and pick a few that work well. The thng about nameservers is that *everything* depends heavily on them. The nameservers are the biggest factor affecting your perceived response time for every interactive use you make of the Internet. Even if the external server you choose is highly responsive, the latency of the DNS lookup going out through your cable or dsl modem (or worse, your 56K dialup modem) is a bottleneck. While I can't speak for everyone, I find the latency very noticeable, especially for web access. Running a nameserver internally gives you much better perceived response time. There's no real maintenance involved, either, once it's set up. I've had mine running for about a year and a half, and the only times I've had to touch it were to add new machines to my local domain or new zones to mask banner-ad domains. - -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix ICQ 28611923 / AIM abreauj / JABBER jabr at jabber.org / YAHOO abreauj Email jabr at blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iQCVAwUBPcw6iVV9A5rVx7XZAQIHuAQApY55Pj0X9fzOYyW1XRaGXtwvDS3Z3ONm Jc0gZdnbBK2pqArvLk7+XpH10r0DUa/HY9VPIOzHg0CzZanHkpzxYMGc02hyfITM FVMRWCDtoKd8ubOTpqr2wvJwapgXVzPjIOzp7Frja1D3OSDceDmR3srOn6Fievzs B06TCeeqdEU= =cTSu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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