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List:       macports-users
Subject:    Re: Warning When Using OpenDNS
From:       James Griffin <jpg88 () icloud ! com>
Date:       2014-05-22 21:13:28
Message-ID: CA29E126-5BA2-4245-B37F-A75124E53242 () icloud ! com
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> On 22 May 2014, at 14:46, "Daniel J. Luke" <dluke@geeklair.net> wrote:
> 
> > On May 22, 2014, at 6:14 AM, Clemens Lang <cal@macports.org> wrote:
> > 
> > With OpenDNS it will probably not cause issues, but often providers do the same
> > thing to their customers and return an IP address at their data center instead
> > of the proper NXDOMAIN response. MacPorts then tries to find the fastest mirror
> > out of a set of mirrors by selecting the server with the lowest ping response
> > time. If your provider is providing the bogus DNS answers it is usually the
> > fastest, gets selected and downloads fail. The OpenDNS servers are probably not
> > the fastest to ping, though.
> 
> they might be (they have a bunch of 'good' anycasted locations that make them close \
> to a lot of people), but I'm not sure how poorly they interact with macports 
> > Also note that you can disable this behavior in OpenDNS' control panel.
> 
> if you use OpenDNS, you should disable this (you can leave all of the other stuff \
> enabled). In their dashboard it's Settings -> Advanced Setting -> Domain Typos -> \
> Enable type correction (and NX Domain redirection)  
> You want that turned off. For a dynamic IP connection, you then also want to enable \
> Dynamic IP Update and install the opendns client (to make sure you keep your \
> settings when your IP changes). 
> The google dns servers don't do NXDOMAIN redirection, so they're a reasonable \
> alternative also (if there's some reason why you don't want to use your ISP's \
> nameserver). You could also run your own local recursive caching resolver (unbound \
> and bind9 are both available in macports). 
> --
> Daniel J. Luke                                                                   
> +==========================

I have been using my own name servers and mail servers but I've got fed up with \
bothering tbh. 

I came across opendns a fee days ago just thought I'd try it out. They claimed it \
would speed up my browsing and also add a layer of protection from malware etc. \
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