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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.
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.
I'm wrapping my cablemodem with tinfoil as we speak.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
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.
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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