bionnaki
October 26th, 2006, 09:25 AM
www.opendns.com - alternate dns that claims to lookup names quicker than your ISP's dns.
okay, so I tried it. and it seemed quicker, but I thought I'd test it.
I used the command dig to time dns lookups. I am pretty sure this is the best way to do this.
comcast dns results
bionnaki@ubuntu:~$ dig
; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>>
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56844
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 13
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;. IN NS
;; ANSWER SECTION:
. 423710 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.5.5.241
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.112.36.4
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 128.63.2.53
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.36.148.17
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.58.128.30
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 193.0.14.129
L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 198.32.64.12
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 202.12.27.33
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 198.41.0.4
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.228.79.201
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.33.4.12
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 128.8.10.90
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.203.230.10
;; Query time: 22 msec
;; SERVER: 68.87.72.130#53(68.87.72.130)
;; WHEN: Thu Oct 26 03:14:22 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 436
openDNS results:
bionnaki@ubuntu:~$ dig
; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>>
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 55706
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;. IN NS
;; ANSWER SECTION:
. 517458 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
;; Query time: 59 msec
;; SERVER: 208.67.222.222#53(208.67.222.222)
;; WHEN: Thu Oct 26 03:19:24 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 228
So, if I am reading this correctly, it looks like openDNS isnt that fast for me and my ISP's are twice as fast. Can anyone else reproduce this? I'd like to see if openDNS is worth it or not.
okay, so I tried it. and it seemed quicker, but I thought I'd test it.
I used the command dig to time dns lookups. I am pretty sure this is the best way to do this.
comcast dns results
bionnaki@ubuntu:~$ dig
; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>>
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56844
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 13
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;. IN NS
;; ANSWER SECTION:
. 423710 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 423710 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.5.5.241
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.112.36.4
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 128.63.2.53
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.36.148.17
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.58.128.30
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 193.0.14.129
L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 198.32.64.12
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 202.12.27.33
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 198.41.0.4
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.228.79.201
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.33.4.12
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 128.8.10.90
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 539562 IN A 192.203.230.10
;; Query time: 22 msec
;; SERVER: 68.87.72.130#53(68.87.72.130)
;; WHEN: Thu Oct 26 03:14:22 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 436
openDNS results:
bionnaki@ubuntu:~$ dig
; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>>
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 55706
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;. IN NS
;; ANSWER SECTION:
. 517458 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 517458 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
;; Query time: 59 msec
;; SERVER: 208.67.222.222#53(208.67.222.222)
;; WHEN: Thu Oct 26 03:19:24 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 228
So, if I am reading this correctly, it looks like openDNS isnt that fast for me and my ISP's are twice as fast. Can anyone else reproduce this? I'd like to see if openDNS is worth it or not.