On 08/26/2011 09:32 PM, Chandan Gupta wrote: > > The DNS (Domain Name System) is the phonebook of the Internet. When > you enter a website into a browser, it's DNS that finds the optimal > machine to serve that website to you. Without it, browsing as we know > it would not be possible. > > Open DNS serves 30 billion DNS requests to millions of customers > every day, with plenty of capacity to spare. You have been probably > using DNS service of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) which was > default /etc/resolv.conf setting, but ISPs sometimes have notoriously > unreliable and slow service. Switching to OpenDNS gives you best output. > > OpenDNS are: > > nameserver 208.67.222.222 > nameserver 208.67.220.220 > nameserver 208.67.222.220 > nameserver 208.67.220.222 > > how to set up: > > edit /etc/resolv.conf file and change the nameserver. > you can also alternatively add google's public DNS which are > 8.8.8.8 > 8.8.4.4 > > :) > > SOURCE > <http://www.linuxcandy.com/2011/08/fast-and-secure-internet-with-opendns.html> > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ Hi Chandan, Using OpenDNS is good, but it has some drawbacks as well:
* Slow DNS queries * DNS resolution for far off IPs (in case of CDNs) -- Abhishek Singh FOSS Nepal Community http://wiki.fossnepal.org
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