http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/

Quote :

" Google Public DNS is a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service, that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider. To try it out: * Configure your network settings to use the IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as your DNS servers or * Read our configuration instructions. If you decide to try Google Public DNS, your client programs will perform all DNS lookups using Google Public DNS. "

went live today.

12/3/2009 2:03:35 PM

I just read about this. It looks like it's comparable to OpenDNS.

12/3/2009 2:19:30 PM

yay for easier to remember IPs than 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

plus i trust google more

12/3/2009 2:47:50 PM

4.2.2.2 4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4 have been easiest on my brain, but does google offer the same service as opendns regarding filtering and such?

12/3/2009 3:03:52 PM

^Came here to post those addresses.

12/3/2009 3:05:58 PM

evan, was this you?

Quote :

" Evan View profile More options Dec 3, 3:39 pm From: Evan <evanh...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:39:56 -0800 (PST) Local: Thurs, Dec 3 2009 3:39 pm Subject: nslookup speed tests Reply | Reply to author | Forward | Print | Individual message | Show original | Report this message | Find messages by this author I was excited to see this offering from google. In order to test the speed of it against opendns and my local ISP's dns server I created a batch file with lines like so: ver | time nslookup http://www.google.com 8.8.8.8 ver | time nslookup http://www.google.com 8.8.4.4 ver | time I also created similar lines for OpenDNS servers and my local ISP. By subtracting the second timestamp from the first you get the amount of time the query took. I ran it against Yahoo.com, Google.com, Facebook.com, and a friends obscure personal domain. In every instance Google's Public DNS was the slowest of the bunch. For arguments sake note that I'm located in London, England. Here are the raw numbers: opendns1 - 23 13 13 21 27 10 41 opendns2 - 13 10 11 25 27 11 47 ISP1 - 12 20 13 14 14 10 33 ISP2 - 14 11 12 14 26 13 31 Google1 - 17 86 31 34 28 25 43 Google2 - 30 13 13 53 48 42 85 I'd be curious to see if others have similar results or if this is a byproduct of my location. "

12/3/2009 3:15:19 PM

lmfao, naw, son

i ain't that nerdy

12/3/2009 3:22:49 PM

yes you are

12/3/2009 5:08:05 PM

yes you are

12/3/2009 6:34:00 PM

i know you are but what am i

12/3/2009 7:14:53 PM

I don't know enough about teh intarwebz to appreciate any of this, therefore I will leave you a picture of a rock with moss on it:

12/3/2009 8:27:05 PM

so what's the fastest resolver out there? should i just stick to my ISPs?

12/3/2009 8:39:14 PM

who is your isp

12/3/2009 8:45:50 PM

CLEAR

12/3/2009 8:54:36 PM

fastest resolution would to have a local dns box that keeps the full dns records on it ... thus you would never have to go out to the net to get the address you need.

... but of course, thats not exactly something most people would want to do ...

12/3/2009 9:14:31 PM

maybe if you're bored. i have an hour to kill.

12/3/2009 9:35:39 PM

Quote :

"Google claims that this service is better because it has no ads or redirection. But you have to remember they are also the largest advertising and redirection company on the Internet. To think that Google’s DNS service is for the benefit of the Internet would be naive."

http://blog.opendns.com/2009/12/03/opendns-google-dns/

12/3/2009 10:05:24 PM

FUD from the competition. gotta love it.

12/3/2009 10:07:08 PM

Quote :

"fastest resolution would to have a local dns box that keeps the full dns records on it ... thus you would never have to go out to the net to get the address you need."

Out of curiosity, how would one do this?

12/4/2009 3:03:45 AM

Quote :

"went live today."

Not true! It went public today.

It's been live for a few months

12/4/2009 3:41:51 AM