nh5
join:2006-01-21
Old Bethpage, NY | dns redirection As soon as this hits here back to cable I go. |
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 RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:2 | said by nh5:As soon as this hits here back to cable I go. Just change your DNS Servers. |
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bmn? ? ?Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus | reply to nh5
At least try some alternate servers first... Here's a list of the best, and probably more reliable, DNS servers on the net:
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4
4.2.2.5
Pick two and try them out. MUCH better than OpenDNS.
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| Not to come down hard, but I'm not that familiar with those. How can I trust who provides those DNS servers.
I'm not an expert in this area, but just off the top of my head I could imagine a nefarius DNS operator to randomly redirect every 1000th page to an IP hosting a range of exploits. Naturally you wouldn't go to that page normally, but if the DNS returns the IP for CNN.com as 203.44.11.2 which is a malicious site hosting a HTTP server...
Or am I reading too much into it?
(I would like to use a good DNS service other than RoadRunner's, but I just want to be safe) |
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 MooJohn
join:2005-12-18
Milledgeville, GA | A quick whois will show you those belong to GTEi / Genuity / Level 3 Communications. Those are the primary and backup caching name servers for their customers. They just happen to be easy IPs to remember and thus are used by many others.
I'd also be wary of using just any ol' name server but these are well known and used by thousands of people.
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spud
join:2007-03-24
Constantine, MI | reply to bmn
said by bmn:At least try some alternate servers first... Here's a list of the best, and probably more reliable, DNS servers on the net: 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4 4.2.2.5 Pick two and try them out. MUCH better than OpenDNS. But those are Verizon DNS servers what this article is about no |
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bmn? ? ?Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus | said by spud:said by bmn:At least try some alternate servers first... Here's a list of the best, and probably more reliable, DNS servers on the net: 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4 4.2.2.5 Pick two and try them out. MUCH better than OpenDNS. But those are Verizon DNS servers what this article is about no Those servers are different from the servers that are referenced in the article. The 4.2.2.x servers are large cache servers run sort of as a public service to the internet. The servers the article talks about are the ones that are assigned to subs through PPPoE and DHCP.
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 major marcoRes Firma Mitescere NescitPremium
join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA | reply to bmn
said by bmn:At least try some alternate servers first... Here's a list of the best, and probably more reliable, DNS servers on the net: 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4 4.2.2.5 Pick two and try them out. MUCH better than OpenDNS. Exactly what makes above-referenced DNS servers "much better" than OpenDNS?
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bmn? ? ?Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus | said by major marco:said by bmn:At least try some alternate servers first... Here's a list of the best, and probably more reliable, DNS servers on the net: 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4 4.2.2.5 Pick two and try them out. MUCH better than OpenDNS. Exactly what makes above-referenced DNS servers "much better" than OpenDNS? 1. Standards compliant. (big one)
2. Run by a trusted company. (OpenDNS is a NEW company, versus Level3 or Verizon)
3. More reliable. (There are more of them and they are anycast enabled.)
4. More widely used, ergo better and faster caches.
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 PiggieI Actually use WindstreamPremium
join:2005-11-23
Orange Springs, FL | I found the 4.2.2.x faster for both Hughes.net and Windstream.net, hands down. My router insists on using my ISP, so I just set them in my windows box as my DNS. Much faster.
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