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  Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-07-16 02:12 +0000
    Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-16 12:48 +0200
      Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-16 12:02 +0100
      Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-07-16 20:23 +0200
    Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-07-16 15:04 +0000
      Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> - 2026-07-16 22:45 +0200
        Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-07-16 21:53 +0000
          Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-17 14:38 +0200
          Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-07-18 20:31 +0000
            Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-18 22:50 +0100
              Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam2616@zugschl.us> - 2026-07-19 07:45 +0200
                Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-19 10:14 +0100
                  Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-19 18:51 +0000
                    Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-20 00:30 -0400
                      Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-20 04:46 +0000
                        Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-20 07:49 +0100
                          Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-20 07:06 +0000
                            Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-20 08:24 +0100
                              Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-20 18:40 +0000
            Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-19 01:31 +0000
              Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-07-19 02:20 +0000
                Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-19 21:55 +0200
                  Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-20 00:39 -0400
                  Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-20 12:16 +0100
              Re: Any GNU/Linux Gurus. Need Help c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-18 22:40 -0400

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#88899

On 19 Jul 2026 01:31:39 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> 
> Perhaps you shouldn't have tried to set up DNS caching.
>

I have been using pdnsd for a L-O-N-G time and there has never
been a problem until recently and then only with security
on commercial payment sites.

Pdnsd allows me avoid the web tracking of ISP nameservers
by directly querying the top-level root nameservers.

The web site for pdnsd seems down but there is very recent
information on ArchLinux:

<https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pdnsd>


I will get this debugged.  Right now it is not urgent but
I will dig into it.  IP has not changed and will not change.
Therefore the pdnsd code will remain viable even without
an active maintainer.

If not, I can always temporarily, as needed, resort to dhcpcd
with OpenDNS.

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#88908

On 2026-07-19 04:20, Leroy H wrote:
> On 19 Jul 2026 01:31:39 GMT, rbowman wrote:
> 
>>
>> Perhaps you shouldn't have tried to set up DNS caching.
>>
> 
> I have been using pdnsd for a L-O-N-G time and there has never
> been a problem until recently and then only with security
> on commercial payment sites.
> 
> Pdnsd allows me avoid the web tracking of ISP nameservers
> by directly querying the top-level root nameservers.
> 
> The web site for pdnsd seems down but there is very recent
> information on ArchLinux:
> 
> <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pdnsd>
> 


<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdnsd>

Says last stable version was 14 years ago.

You could be using a current thing like dnsmasq. Even bind.

> 
> I will get this debugged.  Right now it is not urgent but
> I will dig into it.  IP has not changed and will not change.
> Therefore the pdnsd code will remain viable even without
> an active maintainer.
> 
> If not, I can always temporarily, as needed, resort to dhcpcd
> with OpenDNS.
> 


-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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#88912

On 7/19/26 15:55, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2026-07-19 04:20, Leroy H wrote:
>> On 19 Jul 2026 01:31:39 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps you shouldn't have tried to set up DNS caching.
>>>
>>
>> I have been using pdnsd for a L-O-N-G time and there has never
>> been a problem until recently and then only with security
>> on commercial payment sites.
>>
>> Pdnsd allows me avoid the web tracking of ISP nameservers
>> by directly querying the top-level root nameservers.
>>
>> The web site for pdnsd seems down but there is very recent
>> information on ArchLinux:
>>
>> <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pdnsd>
>>
> 
> 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdnsd>
> 
> Says last stable version was 14 years ago.
> 
> You could be using a current thing like dnsmasq. Even bind.
> 
>>
>> I will get this debugged.  Right now it is not urgent but
>> I will dig into it.  IP has not changed and will not change.
>> Therefore the pdnsd code will remain viable even without
>> an active maintainer.
>>
>> If not, I can always temporarily, as needed, resort to dhcpcd
>> with OpenDNS.

   Some, for fun or ego, will try to de-bug
   this kind of mess.

   However, regular Joe users, just SWITCH
   DISTROS.

   I'm now way too old to spend hours/days/weeks
   trying to get around some bit of SHIT in a
   distro. When I was young, when Linux came
   on floppies, yea. But now .....

   Arch, like all, has its plusses and minuses.
   Of late I've experienced more minuses than
   plusses however.

   Moved all my boxes to MX. It *Just Works*

   For SOME special apps, like 'servers', DO
   look into the BSDs. Behind the curve, but
   sometimes that's not a BAD thing.

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#88918

On 19/07/2026 20:55, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdnsd>
> 
> Says last stable version was 14 years ago.
> 
> You could be using a current thing like dnsmasq. Even bind.

Yes. I use bind to serve my local network. And avoid my ISPS blocking


-- 
There is nothing a fleet of dispatchable nuclear power plants cannot do 
that cannot be done worse and more expensively and with higher carbon 
emissions and more adverse environmental impact by adding intermittent 
renewable energy.

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#88902

On 7/18/26 21:31, rbowman wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:31:28 +0000, Leroy H wrote:
> 
>> Unfortunately, I am not at all versed in network programming but the
>> response "192.168.0.2 > c.in-addr-servers.arpa" seems to indicate that
>> my machine is telling the nameserver that the (local?) UDP port is
>> unreachable.
> 
> Perhaps you shouldn't have tried to set up DNS caching.

   Tend to agree ... often creates more issues
   than it claims to fix.

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