[dns-operations] After Google Mail, Google Docs, Google Wave... Google DNS

[Joe Greco]

> On 2009-12-03 at 11:21 -0800, Seth Mattinen wrote:
> > Bob Paolucci wrote:
> > > For now....
> > > I'm sure redirect will come soon enough...
> > > 
> > 
> > At the very least I'm certain they are gathering statistics about what
> > you're looking at.
> 
> No, nothing is tied back to your Google account, nothing is correlated
> in that way and logs with IP addresses are deleted quickly.
> 
> There is a privacy policy.  It's clear.  It explains what is done and
> why, what is kept and for how long.  Per the policy, the only data that
> is kept is data with clear operational benefit, source information
> stripped down to ASN and geolocation.
> 
> There is also a FAQ, which covers what Randy has already noted.
> NXDOMAIN is not interfered with.
> 
> Intro:
>   http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/intro.html
> FAQ:
>   http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/faq.html
> Privacy:
>   http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/privacy.html
> 
> There are more docs linked from those.  The FAQ has some short and
> sweet "No" answers to some privacy questions too.

Conspicuously missing is the ", and we don't intend to in the future."

However, that's just the cynical me.  I have to say, Google's in a great
position to Do The Right Thing with this.  It could be a real winner for
people who need an alternative to their poisoned-kool-aid ISP resolvers.

Next up in Google's continued plan to 0wn the 1nternet?  Google
Authoritative DNS Service.  Heh.

... JG
-- 
Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
"We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I
won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN)
With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.