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  • 12-04-2009 7:12 AM

    • tclong
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    • Joined on 07-08-2008
    • Singapore
    • Posts 45

    Google Public DNS 8.8.8.8

    Source: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/introducing-google-public-dns.html

    Introducing Google Public DNS

    12/03/2009 08:35:00 AM
    When you type www.wikipedia.org into your browser's address bar, you expect nothing less than to be taken to Wikipedia. Chances are you're not giving much thought to the work being done in the background by the Domain Name System, or DNS.

    Today, as part of our ongoing effort to make the web faster, we're launching our own public DNS resolver called Google Public DNS, and we invite you to try it out.

    Most of us aren't familiar with DNS because it's often handled automatically by our Internet Service Provider (ISP), but it provides an essential function for the web. You could think of it as the switchboard of the Internet, converting easy-to-remember domain names — e.g., www.google.com — into the unique Internet Protocol (IP) numbers — e.g., 74.125.45.100 — that computers use to communicate with one another.

    The average Internet user ends up performing hundreds of DNS lookups each day, and some complex pages require multiple DNS lookups before they start loading. This can slow down the browsing experience. Our research has shown that speed matters to Internet users, so over the past several months our engineers have been working to make improvements to our public DNS resolver to make users' web-surfing experiences faster, safer and more reliable. You can read about the specific technical improvements we've made in our product documentation and get installation instructions from our product website.

    If you're web-savvy and comfortable with changing your network settings, check out the Google Code Blog for detailed instructions and more information on how to set up Google Public DNS on your computer or router.

    As people begin to use Google Public DNS, we plan to share what we learn with the broader web community and other DNS providers, to improve the browsing experience for Internet users globally. The goal of Google Public DNS is to benefit users worldwide while also helping the tens of thousands of DNS resolvers improve their services, ultimately making the web faster for everyone.

  • 12-04-2009 8:10 AM In reply to

    Re: Google Public DNS 8.8.8.8

    Have you ever thought why Google wants to do all these for free?

    Think about privacy, think about options, think about control. Google takes all your information and mine them. That's how they make money. They sell intell about you. Google is going everywhere, and this is a huge concern because things that goes through them, you have no control. Its either go through them or don't. They have very good marketing team which makes the fluff of everything.

    You better think twice about using it both personally and professionally in your company.

    As we all know, DNS resolves every single IP Asset with a name that you have. The reason why we establish many levels of DNS system in an organization is to mask out internal resolution requests to the external ones. When a DNS query goes out there, the DNS Server will know where you come from, who you are trying look for (which ultimately spells where you're going).

    I strongly advise all of you who reads this to think twice from an IT security point of view. Google will be able to harvest (once they build enough logs and data), and make money out of it. The goal of Google's Public DNS in my personal view is to benefit Google. If their DNS is so good, they should bring it up to IETF/ISO bodies that makes DNS a standard and make their Google DNS design a standard.

    BTW, its very scary that you see Google everywhere. Although they claim to make it safe, is it reall safe? No one has tested them coz they're in the clouds and you cannot "sniff" the traffic on their end. They give you so called "ease", "speed"..etc.. Is your own DNS and that of your ISP really that slow? Think again..

    But TCLONG, thanks for sharing with us such news... I think its important that we share and discuss the thinkings behind managing IT. Personally, i think this Google DNS thing is good, but crap for IT. Its really for the Grandma next door kind of thing. No disrespect to that grandma though, who probably don't care about privacy, security. Heck, would they even bother about speed... LOL...

    /Dennis

  • 02-23-2010 1:36 PM In reply to

    • MT NG
    • Top 50 Contributor
    • Joined on 07-24-2007
    • Posts 19

    Re: Google Public DNS 8.8.8.8

    Thanks for the sharing, nice ip address 8.8.8.8 and easy to remember. Good for testing/checking usage when youcan't remember those complicated ip public DNS address.

    Agree with dennis point, and it should not be used on actual production enviroment. Think about business continuity:

    Free - Means not cover with immediate support assistance, and responsibility.

    It means any downtime caused by Google DNS server failure, Google will not bear any responsibility for the lost of business and cost.

    If your business are subscribed to ISP, DNS are pointing to ISP DNS server given, ISP have responsibility to provide you immediate support and may cover your business lost in some way based on Service Level Agreement.

  • 05-30-2010 6:51 PM In reply to

    • tclong
    • Top 25 Contributor
    • Joined on 07-08-2008
    • Singapore
    • Posts 45

    Re: Google Public DNS 8.8.8.8

    Norton DNS Public Beta

    Norton DNS Public Beta offers you a faster, safer, and more reliable Internet experience.

    Norton DNS for Windows makes Internet browsing on your PC faster, safer, and more reliable.

    Norton DNS for Mac OS X makes Internet browsing on your Mac faster, safer, and more reliable.

    Change your DNS settings to: 198.153.192.1 and 198.153.194.1

    Norton DNS Public Beta Status - This page offers status updates of Norton DNS.

     Today05/29/201005/28/201005/27/201005/26/201005/25/201005/24/2010
    DNS Delivery 22:05 - Fooled you!, everything is fine.
    Web Redirection
    Download System

    No issues to report - Notes about service - Service disruption or outage

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