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2009-12-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-

ZOMG!!! Google Offers its own DNS SERVER!!!1!

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Posted by badanov 2009-12-06 10:29|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 !!!11!!!!1
!!!eleventy!!1!

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-12-06 12:40|| 2009-12-06 12:40|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm sure that's a terrible thing. What is it?

All DNS systems have a second node that stores ( caches) information on previous successful DNS queries, on the theory that such caches help speed up DNS queries in case a main node goes down or takes too long to respond.

A coupla years back BIND, the largest free DNS server software, had a bug which permitted false queries to be entered and stored in caches, which would then cause DNS servers to relay a false resolution.

These caches were called poisoned caches since the data was poisoned by falsely entered resolution requests.

Posted by badanov 2009-12-06 13:08|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2009-12-06 13:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Why would you use a DNS server many hops away when you could use a more local one.

This makes zero sense to me.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-12-06 14:40|| 2009-12-06 14:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Why would you use a DNS server many hops away when you could use a more local one.

When you use a DNS server for queries those queries can be logged. An ISP can track your online activities through those queries. Google wants to do this for their own business purposes, advertising

As it is, you don't have to use your ISPs DNS server. You can make use of any DNS server on the worldwide internet as long as it accepts your queries and as long as the ISP's provisioning rules permit it.

In the example of ATT, their DNS servers are all over the US. Your DNS server may be located in California, Dallas, TX or anywhere ATT has a network. The number of hops don't matter in any meaningful sense to them.

Google is likely going to enter into the ISP business before long providing broadband in competition with others such as ATT, verizon, etc.

Having a DNS server setup would go a long way towards that goal. It is nearly impossible to provide a lot of network services without your own DNS setup.

Posted by badanov 2009-12-06 14:55|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2009-12-06 14:55|| Front Page Top

#5 It's altogether possible that Google just had it's very first moment.

We shall soon see.

Posted by badanov 2009-12-06 15:02|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2009-12-06 15:02|| Front Page Top

#6 It's altogether possible that Google just had it's very first Microsoft Bob moment.

We shall soon see.

And if so, we should celebrate.

Sorry for the semi doop

Posted by badanov 2009-12-06 15:03|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2009-12-06 15:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Wow, love the colors! Prettiest article I've seen here :)

Posted by One Eyed Slins3386 2009-12-06 15:17|| 2009-12-06 15:17|| Front Page Top

#8 A DNS system is actually pretty passive. It doesn't do anything but respond to requests. It can't deliver content and it can't redirect.

It can return an IP to a slow, ad-ridden 'helpful' page if the url you're trying to access is non-existent. I remember when Verisign did that, I was pounding the table waiting for the timeouts just because I mistyped the last character of a url and hit Enter.

It can notice common url typos and sell them to cybersquatters for registration. It can track frequency of access to particular urls. It can do "appropriate" re-directs and blocks in a "cyber emergency". Hm, didn't O just set something up?

What happens, he asked, if Google starts preconfiguring Chrome OS and Android for its Public DNS service?
So deconfigure it. Jeez, do I have to think of everything?

Hm, another cyber emergency. Blocked again, darn it. Now, how do I fix this Chrome thingy? Change the DNS server IP in my network setup? What's a network setup? Hint: Just check with Badanov in the O club, he'll walk you through it. Nuts, can't reach Rantburg for some reason....

Google wants to turn a buck, which is their Gawd given right to do.

Microsoft could have used your support back in the day when they were dealing with that silly lawsuit brought by the DOJ.

Posted by KBK 2009-12-06 23:08|| 2009-12-06 23:08|| Front Page Top

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