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Google Launches Public DNS Resolver

Posted by timothy on from the their-interest-is-understandable dept.

AdmiralXyz writes "Google has announced the launch of their free DNS resolution service, called Google Public DNS. According to their blog post, Google Public DNS uses continuous record prefetching to avoid cache misses — hopefully making the service faster — and implements a variety of techniques to block spoofing attempts. They also say that (unlike an increasing number of ISPs), Google Public DNS behaves exactly according to the DNS standard, and will not redirect you to advertising in the event of a failed lookup. Very cool, but of course there are questions about Google's true motivations behind knowing every site you visit."

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  1. Google was going to hire DJB to make this work by fotoguzzi · · Score: 5, Funny

    but they didn't want too much brilliance all in one place.

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    Their they're doing there hair.
  2. Re:so? by metamechanical · · Score: 5, Funny

    fEEL FREE TO OPT OUT AT ANY TIME.

    They have a great program for that!

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    If I had a nickel for every time I had a nickel, I'd be richcursive!
  3. Re:Why not do both? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We put a cache in your cache so you can browse while you browse.

  4. Re:I guess it is good news... by node+3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a good think

    It's also double plus ironic.