cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/50459056

[Edit: this question came out of my confusion. I thought Unbound could somehow substitute DNS servers (like CloudFlare), but it can’t. Apologies for my ignorance.]

I’ve often heard about Unbound, and the possibility of using it as a DNS resolver on my laptop. So, to be clear, not as a DNS resolver in a local network; just in a single machine, also because I’d like to use it no matter where I bring my laptop.

The instructions given in the second link above seem quite complete. Does anyone here have other tips or experiences to share? I’m with Ubuntu on a Thinkpad.

Cheers!

    • stravanasu@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      What I wanted to achieve was independence from CloudFlare and other DNS resolvers. But I think I’ve completely misunderstood what Unbound does!

        • stravanasu@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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          3 days ago

          Thank you so much for the clarification and for the very useful link!

          I’ll edit my original confused post – or maybe delete it altogether.

            • stravanasu@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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              3 days ago

              I’ll do so.

              May I ask you one more thing? I see that DNS0.eu speaks about setting their DNS resolvers in /etc/systemd/resolved.conf. Do you know what’s the difference between specifying the DNS there, and specifying it in the network configuration (for instance in Ubuntu, IPv4 -> Method = Automatic (Only addresses) & DNS Servers = [list])?

              Much gratitude!

              • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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                3 days ago

                I’m not entirely sure, it depends on how Ubuntu is handling DNS and if it will overwrite the resolved.conf file or not.

                I would set it in the GUI and see if that works.