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Reliable DNS resolvers to use?

upfreakupfreak Member
edited March 2012 in General

Be it a regular VPS or cPanel coated, we need dns resolvers. so how many of you use the common ones and how many use the provider given resolvers?

8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4 - Google
4.2.2.2, 4.2.2.1 - verizon
wat else?

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  • InfinityInfinity Member, Host Rep
    edited March 2012

    @peppr said: 4.2.2.2, 4.2.2.1 - verizon

    I thought that's Level 3.

    Either way I use both a mixture of those two or the DC or providers internal DNS resolvers depending on what I'm feeling like. I prefer Level3 though.

  • Mon5t3rMon5t3r Member

    @Infinity said: I thought that's Level 3

    yeah me too. :P

    i think i prefer 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.1 sometimes google resolver little bit slow for releasing they cache.

  • onepoundonepound Member

    Don't forget open DNS as well:

    208.67.222.222
    208.67.220.220
    http://www.opendns.com/

  • InfinityInfinity Member, Host Rep

    I find OpenDNS a little slow and wierd tbh.

  • KeithKeith Member

    I use 127.0.0.1 with pdns-recursor running on the server.

  • yomeroyomero Member
    edited March 2012

    @Keith
    pdns-recursor = pdnsd???

    I was using pdnsd, was great until I found the domains .co.uk (and maybe others). Strangely pdnsd never was able to solve this domains o_O

    I switched to maradns, is good, but when you are using fully your connection it starts to timeout the requests, so I need to refresh again

    I use the same DNSs too (google and verizon)

  • miTgiBmiTgiB Member

    @peppr said: so how many of you use the common ones and how many use the provider given resolvers?

    I always provide my own services, as it is going to work much faster locally than some service out on the internet. I keep a caching name server in each colo for clients to use, and DHCP will configure those for KVM clients, and already set to them for OpenVZ clients.

  • upfreakupfreak Member

    @miTgiB said: already set to them for OpenVZ clients.

    Yes i remember seeing one. When i realised i had deleted it already. I shall get it again from you later.

  • miTgiBmiTgiB Member
    edited March 2012

    @peppr said: I shall get it again from you later.

    Simply restarting your VPS will reset /etc/resolv.conf, but my mixed up jumbled wiki that makes little sense :P

    https://hostigation.com/wiki/index.php?title=KVM:Install

    Hostigation provided resolvers
nameserver 69.85.88.3
nameserver 206.253.164.3
  • upfreakupfreak Member
    edited March 2012

    @miTiB Thanks, but mine with you is a cpanel dns on a 20/yr vps ;)
    yep set exactly to the ones mentioned.

  • miTgiBmiTgiB Member

    @peppr said: but mine with you is a cpanel dns on a 20/yr vps

    Yes, and restarting the VPS will reset /etc/resolv.conf, but without restarting, just edit it and 69.85.88 is CLT and 206.253.164 is LAX so depending on which city your VPS is in would dictate what order to list them.

  • swsnyderswsnyder Member

    OpenNIC: http://www.opennicproject.org/publictier2servers

    Not as fast as Google, but I'm of the opinion that Google knows too much about me already.

  • xonionxonion Member

    I like OpenNIC too.

    And sometimes:

    binfalse.de said: But it is also nice to see, that there is one OpenNIC server that is faster than google!

    :)

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