Self-hosting Authoritative DNS servers with PowerDNS - Part 1: a basic setup

Let's see how we can self-host some authoritative DNS servers using PowerDNS, with PostgreSQL as the storage back-end, for gaining total control of our DNS zones (and its problems as well).

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How does DNS work?

The Domain Name System (or Servers, depending on the context) is one of the key parts of our modern internet. You'd rather type "google.com" than learn a bunch of IP adresses by heart like a nerd, right??

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Enable IPv6 fasttrack in RouterOS

A quick guide on how to enable this long awaited feature that just landed in RouterOS 7.18.

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Shy bot – the robot which is scared of the light

Creating a shy robot for a university project.

This is a translated article of mine, original can be found on Eirlab

As part of my computer science engeneering curriculum, I enrolled in an option called "Makers" during my fourth year. From this course within ENSEIRB-MATMECA's makerlab is born a shy robot, one that hates light and loves the shadows.

This article is all about explaining how it works and how you could reproduce our work, in the most "maker" spirit.

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