How 8.8.8.8 took over the world (of DNS)? Google can now be your DNS resolver
The Google Blog - Introducing Google Public DNS
“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.
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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.”
Interesting… Kind of cool way for Google to leverage their DNS infrastructure (which must be fairly extensive), to gather even more stats and continue in their “faster” quest.
I wonder what impact this will have on OpenDNS?
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Great news
My initial reaction was to wonder how Google Public DNS would play with DNSSEC. I found Google's explanation on its Security Benefits page in the section titled Mitigations.
I'm personally not too interested in using Google's DNS services. OpenDNS has been such a good product for me plus the actual services they provide are just too valuable.
I guess we'll see...
BTW, here is OpenDNS's response to the announcement: http://blog.opendns.com/2009/12/03/opendns-google-dns/
I think this is a great choice for many home and SOHO users. If this service is optimized to work with google's search indexing, then it would make a lot of sense for users.
Alot of smaller DNS servers are continually hacked, and have a lot of parked pages for domains that really aren't parked. Having another trusted provider (along with OpenDNS), you really have reliable public DNS servers.
For business's, and organizations, typically they use their own internal DNS Servers, and their upstream providers. But, adding Google 8.8.8.8 to your list of forwarders, why not.
That's my two cents.
NEVER use 8.8.8.8 Its Google. Do YOU trust Google? I dont. You shouldnt.
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