DNS servers

Wednesday, Feb 6, 2019   Post   387 words   2 mins read

A public recursive name server (also called public DNS resolver) is a name server service that networked computers may use for query to DNS , the decentralised Internet naming system, in place of or in addition to name servers operated by the Internet service provider to which the devices are connected.

Below is a list of public DNS service operators.

Quad9

Quad9 is a not-for-profit public-benefit organisation supported by IBM, Packet Clearing House (PCH), Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), and many other cybersecurity organisations for the purpose of operating a privacy-and-security-centric public DNS resolver . Its main differentiators from other DNS resolvers are that it does not record the queries users send to it, and that it automatically blocks domains known to be associated with malicious activity. Quad9 offers DNS over TLS service over port 853, DNS over HTTPS over port 443 and DNSCrypt service over port 443. Wikipedia

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  • DNS over TLS
  • DNS over HTTPS
  • DNSCrypt
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The little legacy code that could

Tuesday, Jan 1, 2019   Link   https://circleci.com/blog/the-little-legacy-code-that-could-a-fable-of-software-ownership

The code sits and cries its little ones and zeros tears. The code then regathers its wits and decides that, really, a branding exercise is what it needs. It begins to converse with other code. This code isn’t really friends with other code, but other code seems to take from it all the time.

Michael Stahnke