Install Unbound DNS server in FreeBSD 9
Now it’s turn to install Unbound DNS server in FreeBSD 9. Unbound is alternative DNS server software under a BSD license. It is clamed as secure and fast resolving/caching DNS Server. Unbound is developed and maintained by NLnet Labs, it based on ideas and algorithms taken from a java prototype developed by Verisign labs, Nominet, Kirei and ep.net. Unbound DNS server is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver. It is designed as a set of modular components, so that also DNSSEC (secure DNS) validation and stub-resolvers (that do not run as a server, but are linked into an application) are easily possible. Reasons to use Unbound DNS Server Unbound is very easy to configure through a configuration file like [...]
How To Setup OpenDNS On Ubuntu
I already heard about OpenDNS a while ago but for some reason never looked much into it. Until I got request to setting up the server for a community which has policy to block adult sites, phishing sites and individual sites. This request reminded me about OpenDNS so I thought I need take a look. One advantage from openDNS is the configuration can change from their website, Just create user on openDNS website and tick the website category which needed to block. So, what is OpenDNS? OpenDNS protects millions of people a day across hundreds of thousands of schools, businesses and homes. We block phishing sites, give you the power to filter out adult sites and proxies among more than [...]
