Which nameservers do You use?

[ICPH]

Hi,

which nameservers do You use in your webserver /etc/resolv.conf file? Or how do you determine which are best ones to place there?

Do you think Its better to add more than 2 nameservers or even three sets of nameservers (6 lines)? like example google ones, opendns ones and one more?

thx

 

[Roger]

Probably your closer ones will perform better. Do ping/traceroute test to see which ones are in close proximity. Your datacenter/ISP should provide you their owns. Or you could go with pubic ones like Googles' and/or OpenDNSs'.

 

[D. Strout]

Probably your closer ones will perform better.

Of course, with Google's DNS, they employ anycast, so you automatically get the closest one, which is often no more than 5ms away. But some people don't like them for privacy reasons. For myself, I do tend to use them, if for no other reason than that they have very memorable IPs. A lot of VPSes I have came with them preset. They are very convenient, but I suppose there is reason to be wary for privacy reasons, but I can't be bothered to change them. Pro tip for people/companies seeking world domination: if you want people to use your thing, make it super easy.

 

[raindog308]

Level3's IPs are also easy to remember: 4.2.2.2.  It's actually through 4.2.2.1 through 4.2.2.6.

For years I've used Level3 and Google in my VPS's resolv.conf.

 

[raindog308]

It would be funny if we setup our own .vpsboard underground TLD.

 

[clownjugglar]

I use DNScrypt with a resolver from here.

 

[drmike]

4.2.2.1-4.2.2.6

208.67.220.220, 208.67.222.222

Plus I use DNSCrypt here and there...

and there is a DNS speedtest tool ---> https://code.google.com/p/namebench/

Old and somewhat blah, but it works.  

 

[fixidixi]

@drmike:

opendns with their redirections? uhh..

 

[Aldryic C'boas]

*IF* I use a third-party resolver, I typically stick with Level3.  I won't even use (or recommend) Google's any more - their penchant for data collection is well past the creepy stage, and just because "I'm not doing anything wrong and have nothing to fear" doesn't mean I want some freakshow staring into my living room window all day.

 

[DomainBop]

@drmike:

opendns with their redirections? uhh..

They stopped the redirections and ads on June 6th.  Now you just get a standard NXDOMAIN or SERVFAIL message. https://www.opendns.com/no-more-ads/

 

[lowesthost]

which nameservers do You use in your webserver /etc/resolv.conf file?

Our own

level3's     if not      testing something  real quick maybe Google's

 

[Wintereise]

8.8.8.8 ever since Level3 quietly tried to stop returning NXDomain and return shitty ads instead.

ISP DNS as secondary.

 

[iWF-Jacob]

Level 3 performance has gone downhill lately I've noticed, so we've started using Google or a DC specific resolver.

 

[Dylan]

Google's.

I wish small providers would stop using their own nameservers and just pick one of the reliable public sets. I've had a provider's nameservers not resolve something correctly way too many times.

 

[budi1413]

8.8.8.8

208.67.222.222

 

[fixidixi]

Well then I might consider using them again .

For now my caching ns asks *evil* google and notifications are also sent mostly to them.

May I ask where are you sending notifications on urgent changes?

They stopped the redirections and ads on June 6th.  Now you just get a standard NXDOMAIN or SERVFAIL message. https://www.opendns.com/no-more-ads/

 

[layerbyte_ben]

I use Level3's (4.2.2.2) and Google's (8.8.8.8), nice and easy to remember.

 

[IntegralHost]

I'm using public(Google) name servers

4.4.4.4

8.8.8.8

 

[TurnkeyInternet]

8.8.8.8 is great for externally monitoring your internal/client dns for unexpected changes (the folks at Craigslist you would think have something checking that for them before getting hijacked for a day!). 

 

[OpticServers]

I'm using the google name servers, they work just fine for me... never had any problems with them to my knowledge...

8.8.8.8

4.4.4.4