is there any free dns service

[evilad]

can u tell me of free dns services ?

 

[DeadBattery]

You mean something like OpenDNS?
http://www.opendns.com/

 

[homer693]

If you need free DNS services, you should probably try OpenDNS at http://www.opendns.org

 

[xPlozion]

wow, thank you. although it wasn't geared towards me, with a little research after the fact, it seems like a new dns server is a great remedy for verizon fios's iffy dns servers


http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/?p=1141 <- was just what i needed, and now fios is finally fast

 

[John Klyne]

What does this site do?

Does it enable you to host your own site or something like that?
Any information would be greatly appreciated.

From John Klyne

 

[xPlozion]

DNS's are what converts google.com into the actual IP address. Since it's easier for us to remember names rather than numbers, this does the work for us. If you're DNS server is iffy (like Verizon's), you can use this to remedy it.

In my case, I used Verizon's public DNS (4.2.2.1-4.2.2.5) and it's noticeably much faster.

 

[cursedpsp]

You got that the wrong way round DNS converts the IP into the domain name.

DNS isn't the only thing you need for domains. You also need A, B and CNAME records - IP address, Name servers (not "domain" name servers) a proxy server (optional) and specific ports

 

[flurgal]

Yeah openDNS speeds up dramatically (sometimes)

 

[xPlozion]

You got that the wrong way round DNS converts the IP into the domain name.

DNS isn't the only thing you need for domains. You also need A, B and CNAME records - IP address, Name servers (not "domain" name servers) a proxy server (optional) and specific ports

Via Wikipedia:

...it translates human meaningful domain names to the numerical (binary) identifiers associated with networking equipment for the purpose of locating and addressing these devices world-wide.

CNAMEs and MX records are not required to access the site. CNAMEs are for subdomains and MX is for mail servers.

As you can see, I don't like people telling me I'm wrong. I will come back with sources every time

 

[John Klyne]

Ow ok I got it.

So I am wondering something, by using dns can't I or anyone else make their own domain name instead of just buying it?

(Sorry I may be oblivious sometimes)

 

[compwhizii]

Ow ok I got it.

So I am wondering something, by using dns can't I or anyone else make their own domain name instead of just buying it?

(Sorry I may be oblivious sometimes)

You'd have to register it with (I think) ICANN, and it gets added to the root name servers, the ones in charge of TLDs (.com,.org,etc.).

 

[xmakina]

*Technically* yes. On my own LAN I have a .lan top-level-domain but that is only done through my router. When you access www.google.com, your DNS server checks against ICANN's Domain Name List. That's the main database and that's what you pay to have a record on.

 

[John Klyne]

You'd have to register it with (I think) ICANN, and it gets added to the root name servers, the ones in charge of TLDs (.com,.org,etc.).

That helps, xmakina and compwhizii, thanks.