Posted on 12/06/2009 11:28:16 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Today's news can prompt two very different views of Google, based on the announcement of its free Google Public DNS.
In one view, Google is our best friend and a noble public servant. In the other, Google may be the darkest force on the Internet. Which is it? We all must decide.
Here's the news: Today Google has begun offering an experimental, but stable, Public Domain Name Server (DNS), described in a Thursday post to Google's Official Blog.
The goal is for the new DNS to increase browsing speed and improve Internet security. I have read the technical description and believe it to the extent that I have already changed the DNS at my office to point to the new Google Public DNS. It is, however, too early to tell if my browsing has become faster.
DNS is an Internet protocol that acts as both telephone directory and switchboard. It provides for the translation of a URL, such as www.pcworld.com, into the IP address of the server that hosts the site.
When you type a URL into your browser and press the "enter" key, the DNS delivers the IP address back to your browser and the page is displayed. However, a single Web page might include content from a dozen or more different locations, most of which require a DNS lookup.
Because of this, the average Internet user may generate hundreds, even thousands, of DNS "hits" over the course of a single day. As Web pages and the Internet have become more complex, demand for DNS services have expanded exponentially.
(Excerpt) Read more at pcworld.com ...
And, no, I’m not kidding.
I don't see any good reason to do so. And for another thing, add a free DNS service to Free Republic for anyone to use, and I can see longer fund raisers... LOL... And besides, why would someone choose to not use OpenDNS?
I’ve been using OpenDNS for about a year now. Just went over there to see what their response was:
http://blog.opendns.com/2009/12/03/opendns-google-dns/
First comment is why I use OpenDNS. Simply said the user or local network admin controls the DNS, not an ISP or Google.
You might see if you can do anything on the Windows XP 32 bit machine...that might be where you need to do something....
I run Linux so may see what I have to do with it to get to OpenDNS.
Thanks Ernest_at_the_Beach
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