[ale] public dns servers - PUBLIC vs OPENDNS

[Jeff Lightner]

I'm wondering why the OP wouldn't use the ISP's DNS servers?

That is to say the only time I need a "public DNS" server is when I'm
wanting to check lookups against those I'm already doing.  (And of
course on the job I have my own DNS servers that do recursive lookups to
the root servers if I'm not authoritative for them.)   Your ISP
typically provides you IP and DNS servers with your DHCP setup - even if
you go with static IP I'm assuming they'd let you use them for your
lookups.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Brian Pitts
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 3:43 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] public dns servers - PUBLIC vs OPENDNS

Philip James Smith wrote:
> Hi All:
> 
> I think Keith is suggesting an openDNS solution. Are there PUBLIC dns 
> addresses that I can use?

What does public mean in this context?

BTW, I'm happily using OpenDNS after turning off their added "features"
like typo correction.

-Brian
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