Re: info on a DNS

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Author: Kurt Granroth
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: info on a DNS
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
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