cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/50459056
I’ve often heard about Unbound, and the possibility of using it as a DNS resolver on my machine (so, to be clear, not as a DNS resolver in a local network; just in a single machine).
The instructions given in the second link above seem quite complete. Does anyone here have other tips or experiences to share? I’m with Ubuntu on a Thinkpad.
Cheers!
ozoned@piefed.social 5 days ago
Unbound seems overly complex for one laptop. If you want to manage hostnames on just one machine you can do that in /etc/hosts.
Also Ubuntu probably runs systemd-resolved. That's a DNS catcher and manages /etc/hosts and your system looks there for DNS first.
So unless you want to learn unbound or want a full DNS server, I wouldn't bother.