Google Launches Free Public DNS Service
Google wants to turbo-charge the Internet by providing a public DNS service.
Google is apparently trying to rule the world, offering a multitude of services that seemingly leech out into the Internet like an evil network of roots. There's Google Maps, the mobile Android operating system, the Chrome browser, the Chrome operating system, Google Mail, Google this, Google that.... Google is everywhere.
Now the big "G" wants to offer you a free-to-use, public DNS service according to a report by Google earlier today. Although the company states that the new service plays a small role in its overall scheme to make the web faster (or rather, a plot to rule the Internet), the public DNS resolver is still "experimental." With that said, Google revealed that it's trying a "few different approaches" in achieving that Internet super speed.
Google breaks down its approach in three categories: speed, security, and validity. On the speed issue, Google said that resolver-side cache misses are one of the primary contributors to sluggish DNS responses. Google's DNS implements prefetching before the TTL on a record expires. On the security front, Google said that its public DNS service makes it more difficult for attackers to spoof valid responses.
"We hope that you will help us test these improvements by using the Google Public DNS service today, from wherever you are in the world," the company said. "We plan to share what we learn from this experimental rollout of Google Public DNS with the broader web community and other DNS providers, to improve the browsing experience for Internet users globally."
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So, should I replace the DNS values I got from my ISP with Google's implementation?
Yup, after reading the linked article that's pretty much what I have to do.
a free dns service that might actually be worthwhile. I have high hopes for you google, don't let me down.
Great idea for Google, they'll get some seriously accurate site visit stats with which to perfect their advertising placements.
Call me BASIC, but I don't quite understand this. My knowledge of networking is weak. Would someone mind explaining this to me in more detail?
I've just tested one of Google's DNS servers speed against my ISP's DNS server and Google's server is slower. Noticeably slower.
I suggest everybody do the same before switching your DNS servers to Google's.
A great tool to gauge the performance of DNS servers is Silverwolf's DNS Performance Test
Of course, Google's DNS server may offer better security, but faster they are not.
Great i'll try it when google roll it out. Currently i'm using OpenDNS and it works great.
Give it some time- it may prove to be lightening fast one day.
This is serious!
They have complete control over what you see if you use their DNS.
No thanks, I'll use an impartial 3rd party and run a local caching DNS server.
city_zen, thats a gr8 tool you got there..same results here, slower..
So, I may be stupid about DNS, but why exactly would I want to switch to google? I dont understand the point. Would using google make it harder for comcast to monitor me? or is this only relevant to people with slow ineffective ISPs?
Well I wouldn't say that it is not worth a shot.
What I will say is that it may be good for torrenting though, may not be faster but being an open DNS that anyone can join, they'd have quite a few IP's to shift through to find the person that is downloading the file.
Also "deadlockedworld" yes, due to the fact that you would not be connected to Comcast's server, they would not manage to monitor you I believe.
Would using google make it harder for comcast to monitor me?
Yep, especially for google. Google will have no idea, what sitea you're browsing. [/nonsense]
I do like the free service...
...however, as Kevin writes...
...leech out into the Internet like an evil network of roots.,
Google this, Google that.... Google is everywhere.,
a plot to rule the Internet.
I
knowing google - it will be good free service that will spy on you in the background and offer you google ads relating to your browsing habits... Now I am not quite sure if I prefer seeing ads relevant to myself at cost of my privacy... or not seeing any at cost of not knowing who knows... Let's face it - ISPs probably monitor us anyway...
[idle speculation]
There are zillions of vulnerable PCs out there. This test refines Google's ability to identify them. Once that is done, the service becomes no longer "experimental," and gets a big ad campaign to get people to use it. Some months after that, someone at Google HQ flips a switch. Every PC found to have had a certain vulnerability will be directed to a source of exploit code. We don't get Skynet, we get Googlenet. All your wallets are belong to us.
[/idle speculation]
Nothing like unbiased reporting.
"Google is apparently trying to rule the world, offering a multitude of services that seemingly leech out into the Internet like an evil network of roots."
I use OpenDNS. I don't see a need to switch, especially since OpenDNS helps with filtering content for my little ones at home.
Yep, especially for google. Google will have no idea, what sitea you're browsing. [/nonsense]
I'm sorry but if i have to choose I would much rather have Google monitoring me than Comcast. Google hasn't actually done anything evil yet--Comcast screws me and the internet every damn chance they get.
Use this command
XP users: Start => Run => CMD
Vista/7: Start => Search => CMD
Ping the site u go the most
EX.
Ping www.google.com
Ping www.youtube.com
Ping www.yahoo.com
P.S Google only faster by 0.1%. Make no diff in my test.
For Privacy issue, pls check this link
http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/privacy.html
CK
Result
Google dns
www.google.com min 15ms max 16ms avg 15ms
www.youtube.com min 28ms max 35ms avg 30ms
www.yahoo.com min 14ms max 15ms avg 14ms
optimum online dns
www.google.com min 14ms max 16ms avg 15ms
www.youtube.com min 41ms max 42ms avg 41ms
www.yahoo.com min 14ms max 18ms avg 15ms
OpenDNS
www.google.com min 7ms max 8ms avg 7ms
www.yahoo.com min 14ms max 16ms avg 14ms
www.youtube.com min 27ms max 27ms avg 27ms
OpenDNS user here and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE their parental controls and tracking, site blocking and url logging. I have no issues with Google offering free DNS. If micro$oft can have a monopoly so can Google. It's the fat capitalistic way of life. Besides ISP's have a monopoly and I don't have a choice. Good for Google and OpenDNS.
If I understand correctly - please tell me if I am incorrect - the federal government requires that ISPs log which IP address you use. This information allows the government to keep track of what you do on the internet. So, for example, if you illegaly download a music file or DVD the government will ask your ISP to prove that your IP address was used to do that. According to Google's privacy statement, Google will not archive information about your IP address. Of course, more importantly is that you don't want Google to record the MAC address of your router because your MAC address iidentifies exactly who did something. IP addresses tend to change from time to time.
Do I correctly understand the situation?
Go Google!
My post had a typo. It is the MAC address of your modem that is used to identify what you did on the internet. NOT the MAC address of your router.
DNS only resolves the name you are connecting to and matches it to an IP address. Your ISP may not immediately know what name (www.somethingincriminating.com) but will know its ip address 192.168.6.66 that you are pulling data from.
Yeah, like I want Google recording every site I visit and redirecting me to Google search results every time I mistype an URL. I'll stick with my ISP's no-redirect DNS servers and the various others that I use.
i use it , everything works ... the same .... only that google page appeares with a fade effect now.
The Google page (fade) change is related to a separate update and is unrelated to DNS.
Yeah, like I want Google recording every site I visit and redirecting me to Google search results every time I mistype an URL. I'll stick with my ISP's no-redirect DNS servers and the various others that I use.
Troll.
Ok so maybe you're not really a troll..