[Cialug] google dns

David Champion dave at dchamp.net
Thu Dec 3 16:37:06 CST 2009


Allen Kiddoo wrote:
>> Google is now competing with OpenDNS.
>>
>> Lot simpler numbers to remember for DNS  :
>>
>> 8.8.8.8
>>
>> 8.8.4.4
>>     
>
> whois 8.8.8.8
> Level 3 Communications, Inc. LVLT-ORG-8-8 (NET-8-0-0-0-1)
>                                   8.0.0.0 - 8.255.255.255
> Google Incorporated LVLT-GOOGL-1-8-8-8 (NET-8-8-8-0-1)
>                                   8.8.8.0 - 8.8.8.255
>
> # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2009-12-02 20:00
>   

I saw that... there's speculation that Goog is going to store all of 
your DNS lookups for datamining, of course. But it will be handy for 
testing DNS changes quickly, instead of waiting until the caches get 
updated.

-dc



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