On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Ted Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 17:04 -0500, Erilenz wrote: > > Google launched a free recursive DNS resolver service today: > > > > > http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/introducing-google-public-dns.html > > > > It doesn't hijack NXDOMAIN or do any other sort of filtering. Just > > thought I would mention it as the topic of countries blocking DNS > > lookups or Exits using OpenDNS comes up every so often. > > > > I've always used Level3's servers (4.2.2.1-6, IIRC) because my ISP > intercepts NXDOMAIN. Is there a reason why I should switch? Does anyone > have any experience on Level3's servers? I've never had any problems, > but then I don't know anything about them with regards to data > retention, etc... > > It would be very nice if there was a caching nameserver that could > resolve via tor-resolve, making multiple queries to weed out > censored/malicious results. Does anyone see any immediate problems with > this, or know of anything like it? >
I too have used Level 3 servers (4.2.2.1 - 4.2.2.6) without a single problem for the last 10 years. They are probably the oldest DNS servers on the net, and they work %100 of the time, in my experience. That's my $0.02. - K
