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Running a local resolver is very simple.

If you know the steps -- install software, download root hints file, glance at default config (probably no changes needed), set packet filter rules, start daemon, update DHCP config -- you can be up and running in less than 10 minutes.

If it's your first time, but all of those steps are conceptually clear, I'd allot an hour or so.

I'd recommend Unbound[0] or Knot Resolver[1]. Either will give you fast local caching and private DNS history, with zero maintenance requirements. I literally have not touched my (Unbound) config in ten years.

Though, now that I think about it, there have probably been root hints[2] updates that I should download. (30 sec later: Done!)

0: https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/unbound/about/

1: https://www.knot-resolver.cz/

2: https://www.internic.net/___domain/named.root




I’ve also been running unbound for a few years now without issue.




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