Google Launches OpenDNS Alternative
Today, Google announced the release of Google Public DNS — a complete alternative to the Domain Name System (DNS) offered by your ISP, OpenDNS and similar services. Google claims that their DNS service is fast, secure, and — unlike many ISPs and OpenDNS — they promise never to filter, block or redirect DNS responses.
From previous experience, it can be expected that Google Public DNS will only get better — but I believe that its openness and performance are reason enough for it to be adopted now. I have already switched, and you can do the same in a few seconds.
If you know what you are doing, you can straight-away configure your connection to use Google’s DNS servers: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.8.4.
Obviously, there is some anxiety amongst users about Google collecting more and more data all of the time. However, Google have addressed this with a stringent privacy policy, summed up as: ‘Google Public DNS does not permanently store personally identifiable information.’
