MY question remains:
"Just how do I identify a "real DNS server"?"
??????????
On 08/10/2026 10:48 PM, [email protected] wrote:
A real DNS server is one that works exactly as the DNS server standard intended. It queries the real root
name servers to start any queries and nobody is messing around with the logic in it to ignore specific
domains. It also does not query any of the "competitive TLD servers" that are run by people who
are mad that they could not buy "mcdonalds.com" or "cocacola.com" and want to setup weird
TLD's like .food, .drink, .tech and so on.
Typically these are run by ISPs and only accept queries from downstream
customers. You CAN host your own - however you need a static IP address for
starters, unless it's a caching DNS server.
Ted
-----Original Message-----
From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Owlett
Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2026 8:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [PLUG] Identifying "real DNS servers"??? Re: How to whitelist web site
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On 08/09/2026 07:16 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Probably the number 1 thing is to use real DNS servers not opendns or
some other advertising research DNS server that collects all of the
names of places you want to go to and packages it up for sale to the
highest bidder under the guise of "protecting you" [ *SNIP* ]
I've been casually following this thread.
Just how do I identify a "real DNS server"?
I deal with the underlying problem you seem to be addressing by surfing with
JavaScript and *ALL* cookies disabled.
