Tag: dns

DNSdist as a forwarding DNS proxy for resiliency and performance

PowerDNS’s DNSdist is a versatile, performant and a generally awesome product for anything related to DNS proxying. Today I will describe how to use it as a forwarding, caching reverse proxy to improve performance for use cases like VPN servers, including DoT termination.

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Fun with .arpa domains

As you may know, .arpa domains are used for reverse DNS. But did you know that they are usable for forward DNS too?

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