[dns-operations] new public DNS service: 9.9.9.9

Seth Mattinen sethm at rollernet.us
Tue Nov 21 23:19:43 UTC 2017


On 11/21/17 15:13, Paul Vixie wrote:
> 
> 
> Seth Mattinen wrote:
>> One thing I'm loving about 9.9.9.9 is because PCH is so widely deployed
>> and peered, using 9.9.9.9 comes from a local node in my city. The
>> nearest location 8.8.8.8 is served from isn't even in my state.
> 
> out of curiousity, did you try just running unbound or bind or powerdns, 
> and doing RDNS for yourself, and you didn't like it?
> 
> my RDNS is a virtual appliance inside virtualbox inside windows, on my 
> laptop. when it can't work, it's because UDP/53 isn't getting clear path 
> service upstream of me. in that case i turn my laptop... off.
> 


At work we do use powerdns recursor for resolvers. But I can't force 
customers to use them or run their own, so I am recommending that they 
give 9.9.9.9 a look in place of others.

~Seth



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