I always host my DNS on cloudflare & haven't disappointed at all.

If we simply shift back to our normal name servers rather than using this external dns servers?

Yes, use DDOS protected DNS servers.

Ok so if we use external dns service we are prone to DDos attack always? Why it happens in external dns hosting? Can it be avoided?

If you use an external dns hosting then you have two points of failure a) your vps b) the external dns hosting. If either of those goes down your websites are unreachable.

Hosted DNS case ( like Amazon 53, Hurricane DNs etc)

Fantastic network uptime. Plans come with some handy features for customers, e.g. free DNS hosting, SMTP server.

More than likely its a complicated attack, or related to total capacity. Given that alot of DDoS attacks involve DNS packets, mitigation for DNS services can be a bit tricky.

Perhaps merge with: http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/35827/namecheap-dns#latest

This has been going on for the last 30 minutes and is disrupting my DNS...

Anyone else seeing interruptions with Namecheap's hosted DNS currently (past 20 minutes)?

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"dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"floatcomp-lzokeepalive 10 60ping-timer-rempersist-tunpersist-keygroup nobodycrl-verify crl.pemverb 4log /var/openvpn.logstatus openvpn-status.logmanagement

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I only have a simple request for my name servers /dns...