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Cloudflare Launches 1.1.1.1 Consumer DNS Service With a Focus On Privacy (betanews.com)

BrianFagioli writes: Today, Cloudflare announces a new consumer DNS service with a focus on privacy. Called '1.1.1.1.' it quite literally uses that easy-to-remeber IP address as the primary DNS server. Why announce on April Fool's Day? Because the IP is four ones and today's date is 4/1 -- clever. The secondary server is 1.0.0.1 -- also easy to remember.

The big question is why? With solid offerings from Google and Comodo, for instance, does the world need another DNS service? The answer is yes, because Cloudflare intends to focus on both speed, and more importantly, privacy.

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  1. Re: Too bad Cisco uses this for a virtual IP in so by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who is Ian?

  2. Re: Too bad Cisco uses this for a virtual IP in s by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dell IPMI

    So the old maxim that the Internet routes around the damage is true!

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  3. Re:Does not compute by OrangeTide · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm wrapping my cablemodem with tinfoil as we speak.

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  4. Re:How much for low numbered IPs? by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny

    So now we have DNS servers on 1.1.1.1, 4.4.4.4, and 8.8.8.8. Who has 2.2.2.2

    OK, all these different numerical addresses are starting to get confusing. Someone ought to invent some kind of protocol to automatically map human-readable names onto these obscure numbers.

  5. Re:How much for low numbered IPs? by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    OK, all these different numerical addresses are starting to get confusing. Someone ought to invent some kind of protocol to automatically map human-readable names onto these obscure numbers.

    One one one one
    Four four four four
    Eight eight eight eight

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  6. Re:Tried it, it's fast by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks good so far.

    . . . apparently, we haven't had enough time to Slashdot it yet . . .

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  7. Re:How much for low numbered IPs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just found out that I own 10.10.10.10, so I'm putting my DNS there to mark my territory.