As a contractor, if I see 8.8.8.8 configured somewhere, it says to
me that either the previous contractor was lazy, or this device
doesn't need to make much use of the internet, but still needs to be
able to resolve basic things like nz.pool.ntp.org or
smtp.somewhereoutthere.com, and I would be happy to use 8.8.8.8 for
that purpose.
But I wouldn't use a public DNS for a real user's machine, because
it results in rather non-optimal CDN selection.
On 18/09/2013 8:10 p.m., Juha Saarinen
wrote:
One of those things that I've come across a great many times
lately, with subcontractors putting in 8.8.8.8 etc as a QAD fix.