On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 8:36 AM, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Louden wrote: >> I find it interesting that so many of you use the DNS provided by your >> ISP. I bet many are not even patched for the latest vulnerabilies. >> >> I would think at the very least tech savvy people would be using high >> level DNS servers like 4.2.2.2 & 4.2.2.1. >> >> Best case senario would be using something like OpenDNS 208.67.222.222 >> and 208.67.220.220. > > I have used opendns (temporarily) to check/fix my RR problems several > times, but I haven't changed my gateway -- I guess there's a little of > "if they're supposed to give me dns, I'm not going to let them out of > it" mentality[*] in me.
I can understand that. However I look at it this way. Just because its free does not mean its good. > > What's the story behind sys.gtei.net (4.2.2.[1-6])? > Do they do this as a public service, or is there a business purpose? > At least their address is easier to memorize than opendns. :-) > I do not know the full story behind them but im quite sure the GTE in GTEI is GTE of the Ma Bell now Verizon. As I understand it these are their main DNS servers that propagate to all the smaller/lesser DNS servers that they actually make customers connect too. Skip the middle man and go direct to the source I say. > OpenDNS has a webpage describing some pay services, and I see they also > return, for bogus names, an answer with authority=0 which, I suppose is > a little like an ad. I've wondered if that has any downside. I suppose > resolvers should always check authority, eh? > Yes they do make money off using their service its done very tastefully IMHO. Basically if you enter an invalid URL you get search results of possible suggestions. I'm sure they get some sort of pay per click via Yahoo for doing this. again this only occurs if you enter an invalid URL. In return for off chance you do do that they provide other services like blocking know phishing sites. Also you can customize it towards your needs ofr home or Business. Basically its comes down to getting ads via a Yahoo search from (IMHO) a trusted source or potentially landing on some domain squatters page that is going to provide you with some spyware/malware/phishing data. > [* same reason I drink tap water, I guess] > > Regards, > ..jim > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- -Chris -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
