tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154339993225650702.post9006732340539855151..comments2023-06-28T21:03:33.741+08:00Comments on My Second Attempt at Blogging: PLDT's Lousy DNS ServersDick Chianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04862303484551521898noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154339993225650702.post-6078430625890641902013-10-02T23:34:11.703+08:002013-10-02T23:34:11.703+08:00Which is why I run my own caching nameservers (a p...Which is why I run my own caching nameservers (a pair of old laptops, one is early-2000s vintage) with a forward first clause directed at pldt's servers. They're perfect for these tasks as they have very little UPS draw.<br /><br />They'll query PLDT first, if no hits they'll query the root-servers directly. Then the response is cached locally.<br /><br />Expense is minimal; performance increase is drastic.jrlenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07484933224284439599noreply@blogger.com