[TriLUG] OT: CDNs using DNS IPs to geolocate?

[Lance A. Brown]

On 2014-01-07 1:12 pm, Igor Partola wrote:
> Interestingly enough, if you use something like Google's DNS servers, 
> then
> a CDN might have a harder time determining your approximate location, 
> so
> you might end up talking to a CDN host that is located farther away 
> from
> you than the optimal one. See
> http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/04/why-you-might-want-to-stick-with-your-isps-dns-server-after-all/for
> example.

That particular foible screwed up my Youtube viewing for quite a while 
after I switched to using Google's public DNS servers.

--[Lance]