The DNS (Domain Name System) is the phonebook of the Internet. When you enter a website into a browser, it's DNS that finds the optimal machine to serve that website to you. Without it, browsing as we know it would not be possible.
Open DNS serves 30 billion DNS requests to millions of customers every day, with plenty of capacity to spare. You have been probably using DNS service of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) which was default /etc/resolv.conf setting, but ISPs sometimes have notoriously unreliable and slow service. Switching to OpenDNS gives you best output. OpenDNS are: nameserver 208.67.222.222 nameserver 208.67.220.220 nameserver 208.67.222.220 nameserver 208.67.220.222 how to set up: edit /etc/resolv.conf file and change the nameserver. you can also alternatively add google's public DNS which are 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 :) SOURCE<http://www.linuxcandy.com/2011/08/fast-and-secure-internet-with-opendns.html> _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
