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What Is The Best DNS server, Google DNS? Open Dns ? Or Who ever you think,

  • 08-06-2011 1:30am
    #1
    Slattery123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    I am wondering from both speed and security point of view, This will be for a home network with 2 pcs 2 laptops 1 360 and 1 ps3,


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  • #2
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,631 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    Moved from Newbies & FAQ to Security with redirect expiring in 7 days.


  • #3
    h57xiucj2z946q
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,267 ✭✭✭h57xiucj2z946q


    I personally use Open DNS, no issues.


  • #4
    Shane O' Malley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭Shane O' Malley


    +1 for Open DNS.

    Also, options for filtering, anti phishing etc


  • #5
    M.J.M.C
    Registered Users Posts: 949 ✭✭✭M.J.M.C


    -1 for OpenDNS

    Not so open.....


  • #6
    Shane O' Malley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭Shane O' Malley


    M.J.M.C wrote: »
    -1 for OpenDNS

    Not so open.....

    ? What does this mean?


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,646 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Shane O' Malley wrote: »
    ? What does this mean?
    if you type in an invalid url they may show an advert, that is how it's paid for btw.



    Irish ISP's aren't all that reliable - eircom especially have had a lot of problems in the past. UPC's one is lame and again seems to be about ads.


    you could use 8.8.8.8 and let google know more about you than they already do ...



    Bottom line, for home user OpenDNS is the biz, Because you can get it to filter out nasty sites by category if you sign up. It's not perfect as a net nanny but security is all about layers and defense in depth , and it's a good start and it's free.


  • #8
    gerryk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭gerryk


    OpenDNS does not conform to DNS standard behaviour. It never returns a 'not found' for a search. If the name searched for doesn't exist, a search page address is returned.
    This is supposedly something that can be disabled, if you log in, but I have never been able to disable it with any success.


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    You should try out namebench. It uses a benchmark to find the fastest DNS servers available for your computer using your web browser history, tcpdump output.


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