On 19/09/13 02:14, Joe Abley wrote:
But Google DNS is not "standard" DNS. In what way?
The short answer is, "I don't know." In Google's words, "Google Public DNS takes some new approaches that we believe offer more valid results, increased security, and, in most cases, better performance." I don't know what those "new approaches" are. Do you? "Not 'standard'" was perhaps a little unfair, but it is fair to say that Google DNS is not implemented the way one would expect a "normal", stand-alone BIND or similar name server to be, and as such has different service characteristics. Some of these differences may be visible to a skilled user; others are "behind the scenes", and include what data is taken from the Google service (or indeed from a private service masquerading as Google). -- don