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Open DNS, Safe or Not?

Faiz
By Faiz
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What do you have to lose on the pc that you will connect / is there any chance of upgrading your internet

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Changing your DNS servers will not increase your internet speed!

 

OpenDNS is know to cause problems (very slow loading times on some websites).

 

Personally, I use Google Open DNS, but again, it will not increase your internet speed!

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Changing your DNS servers will not increase your internet speed!

 

OpenDNS is know to cause problems (very slow loading times on some websites).

 

Personally, I use Google Open DNS, but again, it will not increase your internet speed!

 

Especially when you already cache DNS records automatically based on it's TTL.

 

I use my ISPs DNS rather than Google's. Google's adds an extra 30ms to any lookup of mine, throws anything CDN based completely off etc. I have no need to not use my ISPs anyway...

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Especially when you already cache DNS records automatically based on it's TTL.

 

I use my ISPs DNS rather than Google's. Google's adds an extra 30ms to any lookup of mine, throws anything CDN based completely off etc. I have no need to not use my ISPs anyway...

 

Yeah, but my ISP blocks certain sites on a DNS level, so this an easy way around that.

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