[TriLUG] Results from namebench

[David Both]

OpenDNS is a so-called "family friendly" DNS and does redirect, i.e., hijack 
many "inappropriate" requests to a "non-offensive" page that offends me greatly.

On 02/26/2014 09:59 AM, Bill Farrow wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Aaron Joyner <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:
>> Collect the data on what matters, how fast the various options are for you,
>> from your internet connection:
>> https://code.google.com/p/namebench/
> I ran this on my DNS server at work:
> Recommended configuration (fastest + nearest):
> ----------------------------------------------
> nameserver 208.67.222.222  # OpenDNS-2
> nameserver 127.0.0.1       # Localhost IPv4
> nameserver 209.18.47.61    # RoadRunner NC US
>
> ********************************************************************************
> In this test, OpenDNS-2 is 23.7%: Faster
> ********************************************************************************
>
> It also reported hijacked and incorrect domain lookups which is
> worrying. Are these false positives ?
>
> 209.18.47.62    RoadRunner NC-2 US 20  ms | www.google.com is
> hijacked: 74.125.228.210, 74.125.228.211, 74.125.228.212,
> 74.125.228.208, 74.125.228.209, NXDOMAIN Hijacking (www), twitter.com
> appears incorrect: 199.16.156.38, 199.16.156.198, 199.16.156.6,
> www.paypal.com is hijacked: www.paypal.com.akadns.net
>
> 8.8.8.8         Google Public DNS  40  ms | www.google.com is
> hijacked: 74.125.228.243, 74.125.228.244, 74.125.228.240,
> 74.125.228.242, 74.125.228.241, twitter.com appears incorrect:
> 199.16.156.6, 199.16.156.102, 199.16.156.38, www.paypal.com is
> hijacked: www.paypal.com.akadns.net
>
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> Bill
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