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  • Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?

    From Digital Man@VERT to All on Wed Apr 4 19:00:54 2018
    POLL
    • Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    • To resolve hostname (e.g. yahoo.com) into IP addresses, the DNS
    • protocol is normally used to request a lookup at a DNS server.
    • Who's DNS server you use may have a big impact on performance
    • reliability and privacy.
    • 1) I'm not sure
      1
    • 2) Google (8.8.8.8)
      13
    • 3) OpenDNS
      8
    • 4) CloudFlare (1.1.1.1)
      10
    • 5) My ISP
      31
    •  
      You cannot vote on this poll.
  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to Digital Man on Mon Apr 9 08:02:55 2018
    Re: Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    By: Digital Man to (null) on Wed Apr 04 2018 07:00 pm

    What if we use more than one? (I use both Google and OpenDNS, as I've had periodic issues with both)

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to DaiTengu on Mon Apr 9 14:59:32 2018
    Re: Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    By: DaiTengu to Digital Man on Mon Apr 09 2018 08:02 am

    Re: Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    By: Digital Man to (null) on Wed Apr 04 2018 07:00 pm

    What if we use more than one? (I use both Google and OpenDNS, as I've had periodic issues with both)

    Ah, good point. I guess vote with which is your "Primary DNS server".

    digital man

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  • From Gela@VERT/ECBBS to Digital Man on Mon May 7 14:10:04 2018
    Re: Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    By: Digital Man to (null) on Wed Apr 04 2018 19:00:54

    I use Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1, since they were just recently released. They're supposed to be faster than other options, I'm guessing it's because of how massive Cloudflare's network is. I used to use OpenDNS before that because of the passive filtering it offered for spam and attacks.

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  • From Jagossel@VERT/MTLGEEK to Gela on Mon May 7 20:04:20 2018
    Re: Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    By: Gela to Digital Man on Mon May 07 2018 14:10:04

    I use Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1, since they were just recently released. They're supposed to be faster than other options, I'm guessing it's because of how massive Cloudflare's network is. I used to use OpenDNS before that because of the passive filtering it offered for spam and attacks.

    That's the reason why I switched over to OpenDNS: content filtering. I switched
    over to cable internet and I get to use my own router again. That also means I lget to define DNS seevers for

    -jag
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  • From Jagossel@VERT/MTLGEEK to Gela on Mon May 7 20:09:50 2018
    Re: Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    By: Jagossel to Gela on Mon May 07 2018 20:04:20

    I use Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1, since they were just recently released. They're supposed to be faster than other options, I'm guessing it's because of how massive Cloudflare's network is. I used to use OpenDN before that because of the passive filtering it offered for spam and attacks.

    That's the reason why I switched over to OpenDNS: content filtering. I switc over to cable internet and I get to use my own router again. That also means lget to define DNS seevers for

    Please ignore my previous post, was using a different edit that I was struggling in using. :(

    Anyways, since I am able to control my router fully again, I am able to get all of our networked deviced to go through content filtering.

    -jag
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  • From Gela@VERT/ECBBS to Jagossel on Mon May 7 20:58:51 2018
    Re: Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    By: Jagossel to Gela on Mon May 07 2018 20:04:20

    OpenDNS has a good system with that. Unfortunately, most of my internet connection these days is behind a VPN, and setting a custom DNS server behind the VPN virtual adapter makes some clients horribly confused. PrivateInternetAccess is reasonably good though, and offers its own content filtering, so I can't complain too much.

    tl;dr, one dot or opendns are my picks if/when I have the need to configure them :)

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Jagossel on Tue May 8 06:35:58 2018
    Re: Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    By: Jagossel to Gela on Mon May 07 2018 08:04 pm

    That's the reason why I switched over to OpenDNS: content filtering. I switched over to cable internet and I get to use my own router again. That also means I lget to define DNS seevers for

    I've got 2 kids and swear by OpenDNS. I crank the settings down, and it reminds me when I want to browse anything that gets blocked by the kid filters to nail up my VPN.

    What I'd like to do is be able to lock down YouTube more -- there's a parental filter that works, but it's not as solid as I'd like.

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  • From Hawkeye@VERT/MASHBBS to Gela on Tue May 8 15:06:59 2018
    Re: Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    By: Gela to Digital Man on Mon May 07 2018 14:10:04

    I use Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1, since they were just recently

    I use it too but I feel it's not that stable as others.

    I used NameBench 1.3.1 (google it, its free) and they are not always the fastest (for me).


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  • From Jagossel@VERT/MTLGEEK to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue May 8 19:10:20 2018
    Re: Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Jagossel on Tue May 08 2018 06:35:58

    That's the reason why I switched over to OpenDNS: content filtering. I switched over to cable internet and I get to use my own router again. Th also means I lget to define DNS seevers for

    I've got 2 kids and swear by OpenDNS. I crank the settings down, and it remi me when I want to browse anything that gets blocked by the kid filters to na up my VPN.

    What I'd like to do is be able to lock down YouTube more -- there's a parent filter that works, but it's not as solid as I'd like.

    I've set my DNS settings on my router to use OpenDNS free parental filtering, and I'm pretty impressed on how it works. My original intent was to get the basic filtering in an attempt to block potentially scam sites, and then I figured, "why not get the free parental filtering?" It's actually got me a peace of mind about our Internet connection. It seems a tinge faster in the end.

    -jag
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  • From Deadfwd@VERT/VALHALLA to All on Wed May 16 17:57:43 2018
    Im using level3 these days. I actually ran a test from grc.com (Steve
    Gibson) and for the locale in the North West it is less than 1ms usually

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  • From Deadfwd@VERT/VALHALLA to Jagossel on Thu May 17 10:38:25 2018
    Re: Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    By: Jagossel to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue May 08 2018 07:10 pm

    Well as we know nothing is free. I am curious how much of the data they examine and sell to advertisers. Likely OpenDNS does what Facebag does and is simply packaging up the demographic and selling that info.

    On another note, Norton has a free dns service now too, but same deal. Likely selling your traffic for $$$

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  • From Hustler@VERT to Deadfwd on Mon May 21 16:19:43 2018
    Re: Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    By: Deadfwd to Jagossel on Thu May 17 2018 10:38 am

    I pay my IP to handle that. If there is a problem I hassle them about it. Other then that I live by these words: If it aint broke. Dont fix it!

    HusTler
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  • From Nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Digital Man on Thu Jun 14 22:09:13 2018
    Digital wrote:
    To resolve hostname (e.g. yahoo.com) into IP addresses, the DNS
    protocol is normally used to request a lookup at a DNS server.
    Who's DNS server you use may have a big impact on performance
    reliability and privacy.

    1: I'm not sure
    2: Google (8.8.8.8)
    3: OpenDNS
    4: CloudFlare (1.1.1.1)
    5: My ISP

    Depends. On some servers I'm using Google's, others my ISP and yet others I
    run my own primary and secondary DNS servers.

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  • From Nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Digital Man on Sat Aug 18 04:28:49 2018
    Digital wrote:
    To resolve hostname (e.g. yahoo.com) into IP addresses, the DNS
    protocol is normally used to request a lookup at a DNS server.
    Who's DNS server you use may have a big impact on performance
    reliability and privacy.

    1: I'm not sure
    2: Google (8.8.8.8)
    3: OpenDNS
    4: CloudFlare (1.1.1.1)
    5: My ISP

    I know this is a little old but here I am :) The answer is, it depends.

    My router uses my ISP as primary and backup using Google. I use my own DNS servers on my VPS servers and Google 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as extra backups.

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  • From Electrosys@VERT to Digital Man on Tue Mar 5 07:39:45 2019
    Re: Who do you use for DNS Server(s)?
    By: Digital Man to on Wed Apr 04 2018 07:00 pm

    I usually use my VPN's DNS service as using your IPSs DNS with VPN creates what is called a DNS leak.
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