You just point your DNS queries at those servers. I've used them before when Cox's DNS was flaky. Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2009, at 10:00 PM, mike havens wrote: > They are public? How do you mean; they are free to use? If that is > so how do you access them? > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Kurt Granroth > wrote: > On 5/19/09 3:54 AM, mike havens wrote: > > I want to find out all that I can about a certain Domain Name > Server. > > Unfortunately, I do not have linux on my computer so I will have > to ask > > someone to do this for me. The DNS is 4.2.2.2 or 4.2.2.1 > > Those are probably the best known public DNS servers on the 'net. My > memory is a little fuzzy but from what I remember reading years back, > they were some of the original DARPA DNS servers. They then got > passed > between several network companies, always remaining public. At some > point, they were owned by Verizon and Level 3... one or both might > still > own them. > > They've been popular for several reasons: > 1. Public > 2. Very fast > 3. Been around possibly since before the Internet was the Internet > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss