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Is Bind9 Necessary?

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I've just set up a new Debian 8 Linode and, unlike my other one, I have decided not to run my own DNS server and rely on Linode's instead.

Does this mean that I can safely uninstall Bind9 from my server without any side effects?

Thanks!

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Yes, you may. You might want to keep the 'bind9-host' and 'dnsutils' packages installed, as they provide client utilities like host, dig, and nslookup.

You might want to keep bind9 as a caching-only DNS server, i.e. using

nameserver 127.0.0.1

in /etc/resolv.conf and putting your usual DNS servers as forwarders in /etc/bind/named.conf.options.

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