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Re: [tor-relays] Running Bind locally

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From: Peter Palfrader <weasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 20:55:55 +0200
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On Sat, 07 Sep 2013, Yoriz wrote:

> Does Tor use the system DNS configuration? In other words, if I would
> run a local Bind daemon, would my tor exit use it? Is that bad for the
> safety of the tor user, as the Bind daemon effectively becomes an
> audit log of all domains visited by tor users?

Running a local bind or unbound is probably a smart thing to do, and if
you put 127.0.0.1 into /etc/resolv.conf tor will use that.

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