On 7/19/26 15:55, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 2026-07-19 04:20, Leroy H wrote:

On 19 Jul 2026 01:31:39 GMT, rbowman wrote:

Perhaps you shouldn't have tried to set up DNS caching.

I have been using pdnsd for a L-O-N-G time and there has never
been a problem until recently and then only with security
on commercial payment sites.

Pdnsd allows me avoid the web tracking of ISP nameservers
by directly querying the top-level root nameservers.

The web site for pdnsd seems down but there is very recent
information on ArchLinux:

<https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pdnsd>

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdnsd>

Says last stable version was 14 years ago.

You could be using a current thing like dnsmasq. Even bind.

I will get this debugged.  Right now it is not urgent but
I will dig into it.  IP has not changed and will not change.
Therefore the pdnsd code will remain viable even without
an active maintainer.

If not, I can always temporarily, as needed, resort to dhcpcd
with OpenDNS.

Some, for fun or ego, will try to de-bug
this kind of mess.

However, regular Joe users, just SWITCH
DISTROS.

I'm now way too old to spend hours/days/weeks
trying to get around some bit of SHIT in a
distro. When I was young, when Linux came
on floppies, yea. But now .....

Arch, like all, has its plusses and minuses.
Of late I've experienced more minuses than
plusses however.

Moved all my boxes to MX. It *Just Works*

For SOME special apps, like 'servers', DO
look into the BSDs. Behind the curve, but
sometimes that's not a BAD thing.

On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:30:50 -0400, c186282 wrote:

THINKING about hiring some lawyers to file a group ADA complaint
about the 'captchas'.
Do NOT expect anyone over 65 to be able to spot where EVERY bit of
the "bicycle" or whatever is in the damned half-inch images.

And yet you bitch about the proof of work CAPTCHAs like Anubis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis_(software)

rbowman wrote:

And yet you bitch about the proof of work CAPTCHAs like Anubis.

Of the few sites I notice using Anubis, none of them has ever required
me to 'interact' with it, I just get an interstitial page, and then it
lets me in.

On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:49:19 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

rbowman wrote:

And yet you bitch about the proof of work CAPTCHAs like Anubis.

Of the few sites I notice using Anubis, none of them has ever required
me to 'interact' with it, I just get an interstitial page, and then it
lets me in.

Precisely. C182282 was upset with Anubis and other newer CATCHAs even if
he didn't have to identify all the squares with cats or try to decipher distorted text.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ituFNPXAaE8

Steve Earle & The Dukes - I Ain't Ever Satisfied

rbowman wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ituFNPXAaE8

"The uploader has not made this video available in your country"
which doesn't make sense, considering that this works

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwhD9i9PlRU>

Steve Earle & The Dukes - I Ain't Ever Satisfied

On 19/07/2026 20:55, Carlos E. R. wrote:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdnsd>

Says last stable version was 14 years ago.

You could be using a current thing like dnsmasq. Even bind.

Yes. I use bind to serve my local network. And avoid my ISPS blocking
--
There is nothing a fleet of dispatchable nuclear power plants cannot do
that cannot be done worse and more expensively and with higher carbon emissions and more adverse environmental impact by adding intermittent renewable energy.

On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:24:26 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ituFNPXAaE8

Strange. I get the same message from the Netherlands via Tor.

"Music video by Steve Earle & The Dukes performing I Ain't Ever Satisfied.
(C) 1987 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc."

The non-video link is also provided by UMG. Copyrights and digital media
are weird.