Google to announce its own DNS servers

As a way to enhance the internet speed, Google revealed its public DNS servers. The new servers mainly - according to Google words - for enhancing:

• Security
• Speed,
• And, Validity.

But what is the DNS? It can be considered as the "Internet's "phone book". Every time you visit a website, your computer performs a DNS lookup. Complex pages often require multiple DNS lookups before they complete loading." 

The service itself is a value added service for subscribers who experience very slow DNS from their ISP - like some providers in Egypt but in the other side of the coin, the new DNS service by Google will give Google not only your search history, but also your browsing history as each web page you opened will pass through Google Servers.

Mentioning alternative DNS services, I should mention OpenDNS that offers multiple services based on DNS servers, like web filtering.

The DNS servers are: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
To setup your computer for the new DNS click here.


(via Google Code Blog)