I switched DNS from my ISP to free dns services on the web to avoid tracking and data being sold. I started seeing a lot of "looking up xyz.com" in the browser, so I decided to set up bind as a locally caching name server. However, even though it seems to be configured the way it is supposed to be, I am still seeing those messages, even when I hit back in the browser, so for pages I just visited that I think should be cached. Here is my /etc/named.conf. // // named.conf // // Provided by Red Hat bind package to configure the ISC BIND named(8) DNS // server as a caching only nameserver (as a localhost DNS resolver only). // // See /usr/share/doc/bind*/sample/ for example named configuration files. // options { listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; }; // listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; }; forwarders { 1.1.1.1; 9.9.9.9; }; directory "/var/named"; dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db"; statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt"; memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt"; secroots-file "/var/named/data/named.secroots"; recursing-file "/var/named/data/named.recursing"; allow-query { localhost; 192.168.0.0/24; }; allow-query-cache { localhost; 192.168.0.0/24; }; /* - If you are building an AUTHORITATIVE DNS server, do NOT enable recursion. - If you are building a RECURSIVE (caching) DNS server, you need to enable recursion. - If your recursive DNS server has a public IP address, you MUST enable access control to limit queries to your legitimate users. Failing to do so will cause your server to become part of large scale DNS amplification attacks. Implementing BCP38 within your network would greatly reduce such attack surface */ recursion yes; dnssec-enable yes; dnssec-validation yes; dnssec-lookaside auto; managed-keys-directory "/var/named/dynamic"; pid-file "/run/named/named.pid"; session-keyfile "/run/named/session.key"; /* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/CryptoPolicy */ include "/etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/bind.config"; }; logging { channel default_debug { file "data/named.run"; severity dynamic; }; }; zone "." IN { type hint; file "named.ca"; }; include "/etc/named.rfc1912.zones"; include "/etc/named.root.key"; Would I be better off using something like privoxy or squid? I saw something on the web about squid not working for https addresses, which is problematic since the movement is to everything https. Is this a concern?