>> Just to sum up the free DNS alternatives so far: >> >> * Opendns [1] >> * level3 [2] >> * DNSadvantage [3] >> >> All of the above use anycast [4] so you get automatically routed to >> the nearest server. It appears that DNSadvantage has a node in India, >> too. >> >> Udhay >> >> [1] https://www.opendns.com/ >> [2] Just use 4.2.2.x >> [3] http://www.dnsadvantage.com/ >> [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anycast > > For completeness and for later reference, adding the other alternatives, > google DNS [5] and Comodo secure DNS [6]. > > [5] https://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html > [6] https://www.comodo.com/secure-dns/index.html
There is one well-known problem with public DNS resolvers, that they don't work well with Content Distribution Networks like Akamai [7]. There is a proposed solution that doesn't seem to have traction yet [8] - and now, another client-side solution that seems interesting [9] called namehelp. Anybody here who's used it wants to comment? Udhay [7] http://www.cdnplanet.com/blog/real-world-cdn-performance-googledns-opendns-users/ [8] https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-vandergaast-edns-client-subnet-01 [9] http://aqualab.cs.northwestern.edu/projects/namehelp -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
