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> there's just no way I'm running a DNS server in the open (amplification attacks, etc.)

Why not? Bind has rate limiting to make it useless for amplification attacks. You can also use smaller than 4k udp response sizes, forcing clients to switch to tcp. Nothing to be afraid of, your dns hosting provider probably does the same thing.



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