DNS

DNS, the original CDN

The Domain Name System has been around since the 1980s, and often doesn't get credit for how abundant and efficient it is. Most people know it as a way to translate website addresses such as craig.mayhew.io into an ip…

craig.geek

I've been experimenting with openNIC the alternative DNS. My site is now visible on the craig.geek domain but virtually all of you will just get an error or 404 when you try to view that page. This is because currently…

Slow DNS Lookups in Firefox on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Unfortunately the IPv6 issue is still at large in Karmic Koala and will affect just about every internet application.

The problem is caused by Ubuntu requesting everything by IPv6 first even if there are no IPv6…