Google DNS

Google just recently launched this and it seems to work OK. I don't really see much of an improvement over my current DNS server supplied by Comcast but if your ISP has bad DNS servers you may benefit from this. Its key points are improved performance, security, and accuracy. A DNS server is basically a machine that holds a huge list of I.P. addresses that resolves names like "www.fakku.net" into its dot decimal notation like 76.73.4.234. Obviously one only has to change IP's of a common site like Facebook on a DNS server to a site which contains malware in order to do a lot of damage. A big company like Google or Comcast has the resources to properly secure these and to make sure your DNS queries are fast and accurately pointing to the right server.

Introduction to Google DNS

How to use Google DNS

Is this service limited to 2 toplevel-domains

No

Would however like to know the misconception which led you to asking the question?

Do they shit ads on you?

*edit didn't see the necro

I use them sometimes because they've easy to remember and easy to type addresses (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4), but most of the time I use public OpenDNS servers:

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
http://opendns.com/



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So why should I use this over OpenDNS?

Why should I use this over DynDNS internet guide?

Google Public DNS has been around for years. They do not add more ads. I use them because the DNS servers that my ISP (Cox) provides recently started replacing 404 pages with their own custom Cox-branded 404 page with ads. Not cool, Cox. Also, Google Public DNS is supposedly faster.

Since google wipes foreign asses and puts so much effort in censorship blocking videos and maybe search results in certain countries in favor of their government,
how can you be sure google doesn't do that with censors by their DNS?

Even though I have a foreign DNS, I still can't see some videos, because they are blocked in Germany. And some sites too. And I suspect even sites themselves are reconnected. For months I couldn't bypass that censorship for months because of the update of flash player. Those that worked so well don't work anymore, and those that work are painfully slow and a pain in the ass. Once connection to proxy or VPN is broken, flash player stops. Just because unamerican Google put so much effort in that barrier in favor of the German government who has nothing to say to google. Isn't that weak?

So how can you be sure they are not executing censorship sooner or later or now with their DNS-servers?

And if you switch to other DNS-servers that are not from your ISP, DNS-servers from your ISP may still interfere.
DNS-servers of my ISP interfered once, even though i connected to the DynDNS DNS-server, and connected me to some shit 404site. I rewrote my router config and those gay DNS-servers of my ISP never interfered again.

Sorry if bad grammar.

Google can either block small portions of content from YouTube and their search engine results at the request of governments or risk not being able to provide their services to a country in their entirety. In other words it is mandatory for them to do so, do a bit of research before you point fingers and blindly for the wrong reasons.

I know that. But what I still don't understand why they even care. Propably money in the first place. But they put so much effort into it.
If a foreign government blocks them, it's their reputation they form.
Obeying foreign governments for their draconic or nonsense favors proves dependence and weakness.
And that is a shame. Thats what you point your finger on them for. That's a shame.
And it's the absolute the opposite of the American way what they do.
The Google China story makes them look like jackasses to me.
They obeyed China very long and quit pretty late. Just because they became too demanding. That's what I have no comprehension for.

And so the German government gets more and more critical about contents,
Google DNS and anything new google offers is out of the question for me. Even the search engine itself is my last pick.

And because google is American, A country KNOWN as the land of the free, I (principly) expect indepence and freedom, guidelines and laws of the United States.
Google now only resembles oppression of asshole governments.

Google is an international company, just because they started off in the U.S.A. doesn't mean they're actually "American" anymore. There is no "foreign" government when you speak from their perception. I think you missed the point so let me rephrase it.

What would you rather have happen to the people of, for example, India:

A. Be able to use Google while having a few bits and pieces of content blocked.

B. Not be able to use Google at all.

Personally I think the benefit of having access to the largest database and best search engine in the world heavily outweighs having a few simple bits of content blocked. It is an amazing tool when used for educational purposes and can have extremely positive effects on a country. Take the revolution in Egypt for example, having access to Google's database and thus a large collection of educational resources allowed them to see the wrongs in their government and push for change.

Again Google is an international company, they must pay respects to the government of every country they operate in if they want to see success there, much like every other international company. Every single entity that wants to successfully operate in any country is dependent on the government and weak before their demands, even you as a citizen of your own country are no exception, so don't hold them to double standards.

And if you think the U.S.A. is the "land of the free" you are sorely mistaken, perhaps many years ago in the days of the founding fathers there was a semblance of freedom, but now it is simply a police-state hidden under the guise of democracy.

I strongly suggest you research how an international businesses operates so you can have a better understanding of why Google must cooperate with "foreign" powers, there are few things worse for our world than unfounded and uneducated hate.

Since they started their big expansion, the disadvantages towards other countries began. If that country doesn't appreciate freedom, it's the wrong country for google. It's the government's reputation that gets called assholes. The folks can still use alternative like ixquick.com If they want access to Google, they should get around the censor barrier.
I don't want anything blocked by my government. I don't accept that. So if they block google entirely, I don't care.
And you can't know how far a government considers to go. So choice A is no option to B.

Once more, they ruined Google with their vast expansion. Why should they pay any respect to the government that considers draconic ways? Why even operate with them?
Unless you are a greedy bastard.

I don't think America is is the land of the free anymore for a long time. I said America is known as the land of the free, so I principly expect from an American site: freedom, independence and no adaptation to compliance of foreign countries.
Dealing with foreign governments that consider draconic ways and adapt to their laws in interest of money is unacceptable and a shameful act for me.




These are no acceptable excuses.

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The entire company of google and its search engine aside,
since google censors, it's obvious I can't trust GoogleDNS and consider it as a choice.

I'd recommend DynDNS or OpenDNS.
DynDNS if you want a Domain name with dynamic DNS.

Okay, let me get this straight, you don't want anything blocked by your government and won't accept it if they do (not like they'd give a fuck) but it's okay if they block the largest database in the world from being accessed by your country? You just contradicted yourself.



Egypt blocked tons of content, and yet having access to Google's repository of information still educated the populace and lead them to a revolution. By bringing educational resources to a country and dealing with it's government you are helping it's people fight oppression, not the other way around.

All search engine providers must block the exact same content Google does within their country at the request of their government, and if they do not the government will block access to that search engine entirely. Google isn't the only provider that must obey the law of the countries it operates in.

Again, there are few things worse for our world than unfounded and uneducated hate.

Well I have ways around the "wall of berlin".
I won't stand for this.

And the German government has no right and now ways to block google in the first place. If they'd censor, they sensor it secretly. What I suspect. And blocking google just challenges negative attention. Though they still obey them. And if there's even no gain for google to obey Germany so submissively (which is unlikely), I'd say they're fags.