Google Unveils New Public DNS Lookup Service

Search engine giant Google has taken another step forward when it comes to dominating the internet by unveiling a new DNS service. Google Public DNS, will essentially speed up the internet for users, resolving a host, AKA taking the web address that a person types and matching it with the corresponding IP. “Our research has shown that speed matters to Internet users, so over the past several months our engineers have been working to make improvements to our public DNS resolver to make users’ Web-surfing experiences faster, safer, and more reliable,” said product manager Prem Ramaswami in a blog post. The service will record the user’s IP, but according to Google this is just a temporary measure lasting only 24 to 48 hours. Other personal information such as registration information, and contact details will not be available for the savvy internet user, and Google promises that they will not be documenting this info. “We believe that a faster DNS infrastructure could significantly improve the browsing experience for all web users. To enhance DNS speed but to also improve security and validity of results, Google Public DNS is trying a few different approaches,” wrote Ramaswami. -- dbtechno