[tor-talk] DNS provider that does not hijack failures

Roman Mamedov rm at romanrm.ru
Fri May 31 19:27:03 UTC 2013


On Fri, 31 May 2013 15:07:13 -0400
Ted Smith <tedks at riseup.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 2013-05-31 at 21:02 +0200, Andreas Krey wrote:
> > On Fri, 31 May 2013 11:32:27 +0000, Ted Smith wrote:
> > ...
> > > 30 second brainstorm of reasons why Google would run a public DNS:
> > > 
> > >       * Reduce load times/increase positive UX on Google services
> > 
> > Esp. by including useful additional reponses.
> > 
> > ...
> > > Only highly technical users will ever change their DNS server settings,
> > > so Google can't expect much out of this.
> > 
> > And it's the only open DNS server whose IP address I can remember.
> 
> 4.2.2.1 is Level 3's. 

Actually it's more:
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4
4.2.2.5
but AFAIK those were never officially meant for "public consumption" and in
theory may go away at any moment.

-- 
With respect,
Roman
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