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 <
kurt%2Bplug-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
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