Note: OpenDNS does have it's benefits, however, im behind a router use Internet Security, and block DNS entries w/HostsMan. So switching to OpenDNS, GoogleDNS, or any other would impede my Internet speed. In my situation, my ISP's default DNS servers are actually the fastest. Simply do a 1-time benchmark: and it will give you a list of the top 25 optimal DNS servers for your setup/ISP. In order to find out which DNS service is optimal for your ISP, you must know the speeds. This is where DNS Benchmark comes into play: (It is, but it's in small letters, and one must do a deep search.) ![]() OpenDNS, GoogleDNS, and other public DNS services fail to mention, their DNS service may NOT be optimal for your Internet speed. Subsequent publicly released builds will increment that number to differentiate them from each other.This application is not getting the credit deserved, so i will give brief synopsis of it's importance: The first time any new instance of the program is made public on a new UTC day, that instance will carry a BuildOfDay of zero (0). This is the 0-based “build number” for every publicly-released “build” occurring during the build day. This numbering is independent of the settings for the MajorVersion and MinorVersion. See the command-line pages for information about the files IP list format. This is the number of days since the start of year 2000 - with January 1st, 2000 UTC, being day zero - when the program was “built” (assembled, linked and published on the development computer). This menu command prompts for a file containing a list of nameservers to be added to the Benchmarks current list. Since it is conceivable that the MinorVersion might not be changed if an insignificant change is made to the code, in such cases the third and fourth components (see next items) of the version number would still always differentiate the versions: After each MajorVersion increment, the minor version is restarted at 0 and it is subsequently incremented by one whenever any smaller updates are made to the program. This is the minor version number of the program. It starts at 1 and is incremented by one whenever a significant enhancement in the operation of the program is released. This is the major version number of the program. Each of the four components has the following meaning: MajorVersion GRC's newer software uses a version numbering system that is oriented toward automating the rapid distribution of incremental versions that are often rapidly produced during the program's development. Graphical indicator are presented to make the Benchmark's finding clear. IPs within each of the three main private network ranges (10, 172 and 192) are checked into addition to the “localhost” address 127.0.0.1. Back to the SolarWinds Engineer’s Toolset, this is a bundle of over 60 different tools. In the video, Wendell mentioned the use of Gibsons Windows-only DNS Benchmark tool. Two examples of these free tools are the Advanced Subnet Calculator and the Kiwi Syslog Server. They are smaller tools, each addressing a specific need of network administrators. This release adds the major new capability of determining whether, and to what degree, DNS resolving nameservers are blocking (filtering) the return of private network IP ranges from their query replies. SolarWinds is also famous for its many free tools. Version 1.2 “DNS Rebinding Protection Detection” release. Anyone who is not already using a custom list will have this offered to them after a Benchmark is completed, and it is also possible to build or rebuild this list at any time from the Add/Remove nameservers dialog.Īdditionally, this release updates and refines the Benchmark's built-in resolver list. GRC is now maintaining a list of 4,845 DNS resolvers located around the world and the Benchmark's new “Resolver List Builder” system quickly scans every one of these resolvers to find the potentially fastest 50. This release adds the major new capability of creating a custom “Top50” resolver list for the Benchmark to test. ![]() Users are encouraged to test and provide feedback on this beta release. Version 1.1 “Global Resolver List Scanner” release. This version of Apache is our latest GA release of the new generation 2.4.x. But it might be that the Benchmark's users will have suggestions for modifications to the Benchmark's operation, or that the internal lists of resolvers and domain names will need updating. Since the Benchmark's code was tested extensively in many environments by a large number of GRC's newsgroup participants prior to its release, we don't foresee many bug-fixing updates. Version 1.0 initial release of the Benchmark. See the note below for information about the format of GRC's version numbering.
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