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Wednesday, July 23. 2008

easyDNS soft launches DNSresolvers.com

With the ramifications of the DNS cache poisoning bug beginning to sink in and the first exploit code being published today, we are anticipating an accelerating number of queries from our members about this and what they can do to ensure their own DNS caching resolvers are safe to use.

We can tell you about two public DNS resolver systems you can use. One external, one we just launched ourselves:

OpenDNS: User friendly DNS lookups - with anti-phishing protection

We've never been in the DNS resolution or DNS resolving business. There are companies like OpenDNS who are. We know the people who run this company, they are competent and knowledgeable and we consider their service safe. That said, they also provide protection against phishing domains and they do trap NXDOMAIN traffic. Yes, they do monetize failed lookups via a search suggestion page with PPC links, individual users do have the ability to turn this off.

easyDNS launches DNSResolvers.com: no frills, pure DNS lookups - fully patched

Some of our members have expressed reservations around using any DNS resolver that "alters" the traffic in any way, including typos and non-existent domains. Which is good news for us, because we've done this so fast we haven't had time to build anything like that even if we wanted to. What we did want to do is provide a couple of DNS resolvers for use by our members (or anybody else) who just want to know they're using a system run by people who are actively following this situation and are proactively keeping their own resolvers and caching nameservers as secure as the protocol allows.

With this in mind we've turned up DNSresolvers.com today. No website, no user interface, at the moment it's just a couple of resolvers with the latest security patches in place and that will continue to do so, open to use by anybody who wants. We have no idea where this will go, and it's not really an official easyDNS "service" per se. But we wanted to do something to give our members options.

If you want to use DNSresolvers.com, the details are as follows:



cache1.dnsresolvers.com -> 205.210.42.205

cache2.dnsresolvers.com -> 64.68.200.200



            
            
            
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            DNS cache poisoning exploit released

            Hi There,

   There is a new DNS Cache poisoning disclosure that has been  inadvertently leaked before it was scheduled to be released by Dan 
Kaminsky (IOActive).   This is a very serious flaw in the DNS protocol that impacts caching resolvers, like t
        
        
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                    Thanks so much for this. It also helps out those who have Rogers as their DNS resolver.



I often need a resolver other than my ISP's when I am on the road or someplace else with my laptop. I just don't trust the DNS resolver hosts served up by WIFI hotspots, etc.
                
        
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                            Ted Rypma
                        
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            2008-07-28 21:24

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                    Thanks a lot guys, this is exactly what I was looking for.  Good idea.
                
        
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            2008-08-05 21:35

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                    It has been working very well until this morning. Is that a problem on your end? I'd like to get off this fake Time Warner DNS service but it's all that's working right now.
                
        
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                            Daniel Norton
                        
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            2008-08-27 15:19

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                    You guys are awesome. This is a long time coming, as a small ISP trusted reliable resolvers are hard to find. You really do put the "EASY" in DNS management. I look forward to testing this NOW. While the guys at OPENDNS have an awesome product, the application doesn't lend itself to public use. As a policy we DO NOT filter, tamper or redirect our customers internet experiance in any way shape or form. We don't even provide "spam protection" at our level.

GREAT JOB GUYS  keep up the great work
                
        
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                            William Eaton
                        
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            2008-10-05 17:09

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                    This service has one issue, same like OpenDNS - GeoLocation based websites like Google and many others.



When I am in Asia or Europe and I use your DNS (or any other in the US) I am being sent to US website, instead of site near to me. This leads to slower load times.
                
        
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            2008-12-11 23:26

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                    Thats great. You both have pet products that compete one way or another with eachothers flagship product.



OpenDNS has their free EveryDNS service.

EasyDNS has their free DNSResolver service.



thanks for the choices folks.



for the record, I use opendns, everydns, and easydns. have not tried dnsresolver yet, just found out about it now.
                
        
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            2008-12-13 13:13

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                    Any news or updates on this service?  Do you anticipate to continue it further?  As a member for over 8 years, I've come to trust and rely on your products, but I understand that this open resolution service is a different case and don't want to bank on it if you're having second thoughts...



Thanks, and as always, you folks do a great job.  I really appreciate your service.

-WP
                
        
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                            Will P
                        
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            2009-04-12 11:17

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