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Ordinary users don't have anything that resolves to local IPs, so this is a non-issue for just about anybody. Plus, many if not most ISP-provided modem-router-A
by lorenzhs 9y ago
Ordinary users don't have anything that resolves to local IPs, so this is a non-issue for just about anybody. Plus, many if not most ISP-provided modem-router-AP-boxes don't let you configure the DNS server they use, making your recommendation impossible to follow for most users. Someone who runs services on their local network likely knows enough to do as you say, but for 99% of people, these instructions are exactly what they need.
- Spooky23 9y agoMost people own printers and other devices that use local DNS. Don’t presume that joe public is a simpleton. Millions of people are not.
- lorenzhs 9y agoZeroconf (Avahi/Bonjour) takes care of making that wireless printer work regardless of which DNS server you’re using. I’m not insinuating that “joe public” is dumb. He just doesn’t need to care about DNS on his local network, there’s software that handles it for him.
- wpietri 9y agoYes! People are smart enough to handle most things. But they don't have time or attention to handle all the things. When we're making technology for users, we should do our best to make sure they only have to learn about the things that are important to them.
- future31 9y agoThis is bad. To run your own local DNS server is a part of good parenting. So, to break local services is very bad for us responsible parents, to say the least. I block all outbound DNS lookup except to my ISP. Sometime I redirect lookups to other resolvers (eg. 8.8.8.8) to my local DNS server. I don’t care if some app breaks because of this. Often it’s because of bad programming. So, don’t break local DNS!