Google Public DNS
Google today announced a new Public DNS service for all to use. The goal of the service is to provide a faster and much secure browsing experience. The cost of the service, $0. The Google Public DNS (GPD) servers are available all around the world, routing the traffic to the closest DNS server. For all of you who want to jump on the GPD bandwagon (myself included) keep in mind the following points:
1) The service is experimental and you should always have a backup service which you can use (such as OpenDNS or your ISPs DNS).
2) The service is meant strictly for individual users, while companies or small ISPs can use the service (theoretically), but they should always make sure that the users have a backup DNS service available.
3) If you are like me and using OpenDNS, keep in mind that you can use both GPD and OpenDNS together. My experiment this evening will involve setting GPD as my primary DNS and OpenDNS as secondary DNS.
4) If you are running a wired or wireless router in your house, your router admin page should have settings which allow you to specify custom DNS settings for primary and secondary DNS.
Cheers and Safe Browsing!
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