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Will not agree. Linode has bad nameservers (/etc/resolv.conf), I had to replace it with Google dns. Also this 1 euro server runs the same software faster than Linode 10$ server. And Aruba provides muc

If google is slow then you might want to use a DNS cache..

You said your home IP was dynamic, which means restricting the VPS to only allow DNS requests from certain IPs wouldn't really work. So on your home computer you sign-up for a dynamic DNS service (NoI

What I think you are asking is to run your VPS as the DNS server for your home network. Is that right?

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Yes...I have heard about dnsmasq...and his about running a custom dynamic dns? On your own VPS

Interested in setting up own small anycast network to run geo-DNS together with geo-aware webheads and other apps. Although with future commercial implications, this is for learning/experience purpose

@noaman, DNS servers like Bind have an option to limit (by IP) who is allowed to do recursive look-ups. You can also limit this in your firewall. But if your IP changes that frequently this isn't a vi

Install pdnsd and use it to resolve from the root server!

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If you go with your own DNS make sure you have more than one (in different locations for redundancy) and secure it so it's not used for amplification attacks.

I am looking to use my vps as DNS server so that all dns requests are sent to my vps which resolves it.Currentyl Google's DNS server are not working good for me. Shouild I use any other public DNS se

* COnfigure network adapter on Windows vm, with a static internal ip (etc. 192.168.1.50), mask 255.255.255.0 and your gateway ip. You can use as dns servers google's ones: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

Now that you have fixed your DNS, you can crawl the spamhaus blacklist and also monitor it to notice that it's a common extortion practice.

yea, fixed, my DNS resolver gave me no IPv6 back at all.

Already doing so, with GeoDNS - I just want an East Coast PoP that can stay up ;p

@LordSpock If you serve web content split the protection ... setup multiple VMs with several providers, setup Nginx proxies , do a round robin dns

Tried Choopa, it did go down within a few hours of me switching the DNS :P

Willing to pay yearly. Must be a reputable host and accept CC directly (no PayPal) or let me pay using PayPal on another name. No mail/DNS required/used.