zSprawl@alien.topBtoHomelab@selfhosted.forum•What software is best to use for a local DNS server?English
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1 year agoIf run your own root servers, it keeps your ISP from “snooping” at your otherwise encrypted https surfing and lets you cache things “locally”, not that you’ll entirely notice. You can also block known malicious domains using a tool like PiHole as your dns.
A lot of it is because this is homelab though. Your average user is fine pointing to a popular dns server like OpenDNS.
No it wouldn’t…
As long as the owner is nearby with their Bluetooth enabled phone, it updates their app and that is it.
If the owner is not around, it will update via other people’s Bluetooth phones and if it updates via someone else’s phone too much, they get notified.