Possible Duplicate: Google's DNS service: Google public DNS I was asked to put 8.8.8.8 as an alternative DNS server. Through whois I found that the IP address corresponds to the host google-

Mar 3, 2020 · 6 According to my knowledge about IP address and DNS server, when I type facebook.com in the address bar on Chrome and then press the Enter button, with DNS server (E.g: …

The IP addressed 8.8.8.8 (in addition to 8.8.4.4) is now used for Google's DNS server. How did they obtain this IP? Specifically, what has to happen for an IP to be routed to a different location.

As 8.8.8.8 is an anycast address you cannot tell which particular nameserver will respond. It should be the one that is closest in "hops" which is simply the number of routers that are between you and the …

Aug 27, 2025 · 8.8.8.8 (Google) 1.1.1.1 (CloudFlare) Before making this change permanent, I’d like to ask: Are there any security risks in using public DNS like Google or Cloudflare instead of my local …

Aug 11, 2010 · It seems like a good idea to use Google's public DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 because it's really fast -- much faster than my own ISP's DNS! -- and probably more reliable, too. That seems like …

Mar 16, 2020 · The DNS server may be in any protocol, including UDP, TCP, DNS over HTTPS (DoH), and DNS over TLS (DoT). I know dig is able to handle DNS for UDP and TCP (with +tcp flag).

May 22, 2022 · You have specified a preferred DNS server, and a alternate fail-back secondary DNS server to be used if the primary fails to answer. There is no connection between the two. It's actually …

Apr 16, 2017 · 6 I work for a university and we use internal DNS server for internal-only entries, other than that, all lookups are forwarded to Google's 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4 without any issues.

Oct 7, 2023 · I'm trying to change my DNS settings on my Debian 12 VPS, and by this I mean, I want to use a public resolver like 1.1.1.1 instead of my VPS host's resolver. I remember in Debian 11 I could …