Yesterday I stumbled on a website that provides free recursive DNS. It seems to work quite well and is nice an fast. They even offer common spelling mistake auto-correction and phishing prevention. The website states they make a profit by offering targeted search results to end users when they enter an unresolvable domain name. Neat idea. I wish domain squatters did this instead, it allows them to not just get some typo’s that they think of but ALL typos.
Free caching DNS servers are a great idea, it allows people who don’t have decent DNS servers provided by their ISP’s to have reliable DNS. Also, those who run their own caching nameservers can use them as forwarders to reduce the strain on the root servers.
I don’t recall actually. I think I was searching for “free recursive DNS”. OpenDNS offers a novel solution to the caching DNS problem. My ISP’s DNS server’s aren’t the greatest (slow and they seem to ignore TTL settings on records) but the problem isn’t bad enough to warrant paying for 3rd party DNS. OpenDNS solves that problem for free! It is also a great source for Bind forwarders. I have it setup as a forwarder on my local bind server and it works great. Thanks again!
My ISP’s DNS server’s aren’t the better (slow and they seem to ignore TTL settings) but the problem isn’t bad enough to warrant paying for expansive DNS. I’m sure that openDNS solves that problem for free! Thanks for all.