On Wed, 29 May 2002 05:51:53 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> I didn't know that there were ISPs that would knowingly permit just > anybody to use their Domain Name Servers. It might not be a good > idea at all to use some other ISP's Domain Name Servers. Doing so > might result in giving the other ISP access to your login and > password and other confidential data maintained and normally > safeguarded by your own ISP. I don't think there's any potential danger in using a different DNS server than your ISP's. All it does is return the numeric address. I'm pretty sure that's all that happens. Wiser heads will contradict this if I'm wrong. Don't forget that the Internet was built as a co-operative venture for the mutual benefit of it's builders. Lots of stuff is still open to all comers. Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
