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by gwu78 4489 days ago
1. Get copy of the file "root.zone" from ftp.internic.net

2. Load it into tinydns or nsd. I have a sed script that translates BIND format into tinydns format, but if you search you will find someone has written one in C.

3. Point your resolver at your root.

4. Create or delete TLD's at will, not to mention many other benefits.

Running your own DNS gives lots of control. Most malicious or deceptive practices that tarnish the internet rely on DNS. When you control your own, you can neutralize a very large percentage of it.

Redirecting .apple.com to your own httpd will show you just how bad this company has gotten.

You can also redirect ad servers like .doubleclick.net and voila, you will have free apps with NO ADS.
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dredmorbius 4489 days ago
Redirecting .apple.com to your own httpd will show you just how bad this company has gotten.

Care to expand on that?

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gwu78 4489 days ago
I'm not going to rant about how Apple products make gratuitous network connections to remote computers for questionable reasons. Nor the requests that many AppStore apps send out over the open internet without telling you, or how poor Apple's forced software has gotten in general.

That's why I've presented you with the experiment.

If you think you might care about such things, try it yourself and draw your own conclusions.

If you use iOS, you might need this, just to get on your own home LAN:

/test/library/success.html <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Success</TITLE></HEAD></HTML>

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