Setting Up a Personal DNS Server for Home Network Sovereignty - IPv4 Implementation
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Summary
The author documents their journey to set up a personal DNS server at home as part of creating a self-sufficient home network that works even without internet connectivity. The article focuses on IPv4 implementation using BIND on Fedora, explaining the technical process of name resolution and the motivation behind achieving 'Digital Sovereignty' through local network infrastructure.
Key quotes
· 4 pulled"It's always DNS" is a famous meme among network people
"As part of my goal to make my home network a little island of Digital Sovereignty, meaning that everything at home should JustWork™, even with no working internet connection, a DNS server is needed"
"I am a radical optimist and detail-obsessed knowledge collector, so I decided to find out"
"Name resolution is technically quite simple. It's 'just' translating a hostname like jan.wildeboer.net to an IP address"
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