Reverse proxies or GRE Tunnel isn't DNS based protection though is it, As the comment I replied to is DNS based protection I fail to see why you went on a rant about GRE Tunnels which has nothing to d

* get related DNS records (like ftp.domain.com)

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fully protected by a tunnel but if their using DNS based only then no, Ill send you a link to a nice youtube video which will explain to you how clearly you need to learn more or actually read before

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Yes i am still very green, i find all this vps, network stuff fascinating, especially DNS.

when you use a cname you are making the dns server do more work,

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if you need dns install maradns, ram use with a few sites will be less than 30 mb

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I had signed up just for a exteremly cheap DirectAdmin box for DNS and backups so no real loss for me, I knew it was a gamble.

Also they are whitelabel-reselling 9jahoster.com (http://bgp.he.net/dns/loadedhost.com)

backup as in ..oooh the main server room is on fire .. lets switch dns and get the sites up backup (Image)

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Basically I wanted to run a slave DNS hence not concerned much about the quality. But for my surprise it is working without any issue and performance is also good. Only 2 times I had a minor downtime.

i have a L.A. Tactical VPS for about a month now, using as primary dns for my home network,

Also just to mention DNS based DDoS Protection is pointless i.e Cloudflare, google, DNSmadeeasy. DNS is only filtering the requests in using a Tunnel to hide your real server IP, But their are many wa

As @INIZ said @Amfy works both for DNS4 and us (Rage4) - the difference between both services is in feature set as we offer GeoDNS and failover. Both brands use anycast and offer API access and DNSSEC

Anything that makes dns4 better then rage4