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<blockquote data-quote="Soulbound" data-source="post: 901625" data-attributes="member: 33155"><p>Often than not, I come across questions about whats the recommended DNS or should I stick to my ISP one or should I sacrifice speed for a little bit of protection/privacy.</p><p></p><p>I personally am against recommending DNS that provide malware protection since they tend to be slow in comparison to privacy focused ones for example.</p><p></p><p>As for determining which DNS are decent depending on your country, there are 3 tools available (one being hosted on a website).</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.sordum.org/7952/dns-jumper-v2-2/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">DNS Jumper</span></strong></a>: Allows you to manually add your list to the existing populated list, test the speed performance based on your connection and also allows you to change it directly within the application.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">DNS Benchmark (Domain Name Server Benchmark)</span></strong></a>: Allows you to test its connection speed of many different DNS</p><p></p><p>Last but not least, <a href="https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-resolvers" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">DNS Performance (DNSperf)</span></strong></a>: Allows you to have a general view on Perfomance, Uptime and Quality on top DNS services.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">So having access to the above tools, which DNS Server will you continue to use/switch to?</span></strong></p><p></p><p>Note: For me, my ISP uses Google DNS by Default, I personally use OpenDNS, so between the two, all of my tests showed negligible difference. Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 showed just a little speedier in comparison but at this moment, there is no reason for me to make the switch. What I will do however is add Cloudflare DNS to one of my systems (not the gaming one).</p><p></p><p>I highly recommend you visit DNSPerf yourself and click on the DNS server you wish to have more granular information.</p><p></p><p>DNSPerf results (25th Aug 2020, last 30 days Raw Performance)</p><p>[spoiler]</p><p>World</p><p>[ATTACH=full]245526[/ATTACH]</p><p>Europe</p><p>[ATTACH=full]245527[/ATTACH]</p><p>North America</p><p>[ATTACH=full]245528[/ATTACH]</p><p>South America</p><p>[ATTACH=full]245529[/ATTACH]</p><p>Asia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]245530[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/spoiler]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Note:</p><p>A note for those who dont know</p><p></p><p>Cloud Flare actually has 3 DNS services</p><p></p><p>1.1.1.1/1.0.0.1 --> Standard DNS</p><p></p><p>1.1.1.2/1.0.0.2 --> Standard DNS with Malware Filtering</p><p></p><p>1.1.1.3/1.0.0.3 --> Standard DNS with Adult Content Filtering</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Soulbound, post: 901625, member: 33155"] Often than not, I come across questions about whats the recommended DNS or should I stick to my ISP one or should I sacrifice speed for a little bit of protection/privacy. I personally am against recommending DNS that provide malware protection since they tend to be slow in comparison to privacy focused ones for example. As for determining which DNS are decent depending on your country, there are 3 tools available (one being hosted on a website). [URL='https://www.sordum.org/7952/dns-jumper-v2-2/'][B][COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]DNS Jumper[/COLOR][/B][/URL]: Allows you to manually add your list to the existing populated list, test the speed performance based on your connection and also allows you to change it directly within the application. [URL='https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm'][B][COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]DNS Benchmark (Domain Name Server Benchmark)[/COLOR][/B][/URL]: Allows you to test its connection speed of many different DNS Last but not least, [URL='https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-resolvers'][B][COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]DNS Performance (DNSperf)[/COLOR][/B][/URL]: Allows you to have a general view on Perfomance, Uptime and Quality on top DNS services. [B][COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]So having access to the above tools, which DNS Server will you continue to use/switch to?[/COLOR][/B] Note: For me, my ISP uses Google DNS by Default, I personally use OpenDNS, so between the two, all of my tests showed negligible difference. Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 showed just a little speedier in comparison but at this moment, there is no reason for me to make the switch. What I will do however is add Cloudflare DNS to one of my systems (not the gaming one). I highly recommend you visit DNSPerf yourself and click on the DNS server you wish to have more granular information. DNSPerf results (25th Aug 2020, last 30 days Raw Performance) [spoiler] World [ATTACH type="full" alt="2020-08-25 19_30_20-DNS Performance - Compare the speed and uptime of enterprise and commercia...png"]245526[/ATTACH] Europe [ATTACH type="full" alt="2020-08-25 19_30_44-DNS Performance - Europe.png"]245527[/ATTACH] North America [ATTACH type="full" alt="2020-08-25 19_31_13-DNS Performance - North America.png"]245528[/ATTACH] South America [ATTACH type="full" alt="2020-08-25 19_32_12-DNS Performance - South America.png"]245529[/ATTACH] Asia [ATTACH type="full" alt="2020-08-25 19_32_38-DNS Performance - Asia.png"]245530[/ATTACH] [/spoiler] Note: A note for those who dont know Cloud Flare actually has 3 DNS services 1.1.1.1/1.0.0.1 --> Standard DNS 1.1.1.2/1.0.0.2 --> Standard DNS with Malware Filtering 1.1.1.3/1.0.0.3 --> Standard DNS with Adult Content Filtering [/QUOTE]
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