my DNS is pointed that way. On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Jon M. Hanson wrote: > 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 < > kurt+plug-discuss@granroth.com> 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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~(-: