My general rule of thumb with DNS is to leave it alone, because I don't understand it's workings. But I need to mess with it for a client. Say my local domain is contoso.local. And I have a website, ...

I've got my Ubuntu 10.10 server and I'm trying to set up DNS so that it will track the computers that connect to my local network. [treading close to flame bait] I had done this once under Gentoo, but ...

Out of all the tools available to home labbers, I think local DNS servers are the most powerful. I've used many variants, from PowerDNS to Technitium, Unbound, BIND9, and CoreDNS, each with its own ...

Are you tired of memorizing your self-hosted services IP addresses and ports? I was, so I figured out how to use Pi-hole and Nginx Proxy Manager to give my services local domain names without exposing ...

A non-networked computer is very rare now because most useful work involves data and services that are distributed across some kind of "internet" — that is, any network that speaks IP, public or ...

When I first read that some Apple TV users were seeing significant speed-ups when they start using a local ISP Domain Name System (DNS) server instead of continuing to use one of the universal DNS ...

Matthew Sparby writes: "Lately I've been noticing problems with my PowerBook experiencing odd moments of lag when I use it on my home network. This slowdown doesn't occur at the office, however. I ...

When you enter a URL into the browser address bar and press Enter, your computer must know which IP address you want to connect to. Every URL has a corresponding IP address that only machines can ...

I honestly think most people simply are unaware of how much personal data they leak on a daily basis as they use their computers. Even if they have some inkling along those lines, I still imagine many ...