Google Public DNS

Google are running a set of public DNS servers which anybody can use. They claim that the logs aren't correlated with any other data like search results but it does contain some geolocation data and your ISPs AS.

They won't do SiteFinder type things or filtering of results either.

It is very easy to remember the IPs though for Google Public DNS. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

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rfult001

Cool! I think I'm gonna try this out.

Paul Boz

Pretty cool, but I'm somewhat leery of using a major search engine's DNS. I'm not saying there's a problem with it, but the possibility of manipulating queries based on geographic location, type of page being redirected, etc, just bothers me. I'm still using the DNS that the former ISP I worked for runs. There was a big discussion on the NANOG mailing list a few weeks ago about the potential for abuse in ISP and search engine DNS.

I wouldn't say I'm paranoid, I just don't necessarily agree with some of the possibilities.

dynamik

OpenDNS | Internet Navigation And Security has been doing this for quite awhile.

kalebksp

dynamik wrote: »

OpenDNS | Internet Navigation And Security has been doing this for quite awhile.

I have much lower latency to OpenDNS's servers from my area. I run my own DNS though.

veritas_libertas

dynamik wrote: »

OpenDNS | Internet Navigation And Security has been doing this for quite awhile.

I'm a big fan...

tiersten

I run my own DNS server so my local network addresses actually resolve properly. It was running in standalone but I changed it to forward to my ISPs DNS servers.

RobertKaucher

tiersten wrote: »

I run my own DNS server so my local network addresses actually resolve properly. It was running in standalone but I changed it to forward to my ISPs DNS servers.

I started running my own DNS because of my ISPs DNS servers. So they do forwarding to OpenDNS when required.

HeroPsycho

veritas_libertas wrote: »

I'm a big fan...

I don't like the fact OpenDNS doesn't give negative responses to queries it can't resolve. It's great otherwise, but that kills it for me.

tiersten

HeroPsycho wrote: »

I don't like the fact OpenDNS doesn't give negative responses to queries it can't resolve. It's great otherwise, but that kills it for me.

I thought you can turn that off?