That depends on what ISP you are using to connect to the Internet. Ted
-----Original Message----- From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Owlett Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2026 2:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PLUG] Identifying "real DNS servers"??? Re: How to whitelist web site URL MY question remains: "Just how do I identify a "real DNS server"?" ?????????? On 08/10/2026 10:48 PM, [email protected] wrote: > A real DNS server is one that works exactly as the DNS server standard > intended. It queries the real root name servers to start any queries and > nobody is messing around with the logic in it to ignore specific domains. It > also does not query any of the "competitive TLD servers" that are run by > people who are mad that they could not buy "mcdonalds.com" or "cocacola.com" > and want to setup weird TLD's like .food, .drink, .tech and so on. > > Typically these are run by ISPs and only accept queries from downstream > customers. You CAN host your own - however you need a static IP address for > starters, unless it's a caching DNS server. > > Ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard > Owlett > Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2026 8:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PLUG] Identifying "real DNS servers"??? Re: How to whitelist > web site URL > > On 08/09/2026 07:16 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> Probably the number 1 thing is to use real DNS servers not opendns or >> some other advertising research DNS server that collects all of the >> names of places you want to go to and packages it up for sale to the >> highest bidder under the guise of "protecting you" [ *SNIP* ] > > I've been casually following this thread. > Just how do I identify a "real DNS server"? > I deal with the underlying problem you seem to be addressing by surfing with > JavaScript and *ALL* cookies disabled. > > > >
