Which type of DNS server is the best?

[chong601]

Public DNS, caching DNS running on localhost or recursive DNS on localhost? Which is the best?

[CharlesA]

Depends on your situation/environment.

You could try running this: http://code.google.com/p/namebench/

To see which public server is the fastest for you.

[sanderj]

Depends on your situation/environment.

You could try running this: http://code.google.com/p/namebench/

To see which public server is the fastest for you.

namebench ... what a great tool. Thank you for mentioning it.

[chong601]

Depends on your situation/environment.

You could try running this: http://code.google.com/p/namebench/

To see which public server is the fastest for you.

Well, I currently running a local recursive DNS on my Windows Vista... just upgraded from a local caching DNS... :)
Trying to run it on my Ubuntu 10.04 soon (work in progress)
Used namebench before but it nags at my local DNS and say other is faster...
Now, I use DNS Benchmark ( https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm ) because it gives more detail about DNSSEC and DNS rebinding protection on a particular DNS resolver...
This is what I get after working for a few weeks experimenting with a DNS server....

[CharlesA]

Are you running the desktop version of 10.04? If so, it has been End of Life (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases) for a while now, and it would be a good idea to upgrade to a supported release.

[Quarkrad]

Out of interest - I installed namebench on my 13.04 machine via the software centre. It seemed to run OK but at the end it showed this in Terminal:

> Sending 250 queries to 11 servers... [2715/2750]
> Sending 250 queries to 11 servers... [2724/2750]
> Sending 250 queries to 11 servers... [2736/2750]
> Sending 250 queries to 11 servers... [2749/2750]
> Sending 250 queries to 11 servers... [2750/2750]
> Error querying alharbitelecom GB [62.3.32.17]: www.tomtomfree.com.: Timeout
> Error querying UltraDNS [156.154.70.1]: talkingclipboard.com.: Timeout
> Saving report to /tmp/namebench_2013-07-09_2001.html
> Saving detailed results to /tmp/namebench_2013-07-09_2001.csv
> Opening /tmp/namebench_2013-07-09_2001.html
> Complete! BT-8 GB [194.72.9.38] is the best.

(process:8699): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion `sys_page_size == 0' failed


Any help on the last line would be appreciated.

[chong601]

Are you running the desktop version of 10.04? If so, it has been End of Life (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases) for a while now, and it would be a good idea to upgrade to a supported release.

Just noticed it lately but no plans on upgrading it soon...

[ubuntu27]

Best DSN server? OpenNIC (http://www.opennicproject.org/)