It hunts down the fastest DNS servers available for your computer to use. namebench runs a fair and thorough benchmark using your web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets in order to provide an individualized recommendation.
Interesting idea — if the program surfaced when Google launched its public DNS servers, I missed it. (And, of course, like all the latest software made in Google, it’s Intel-only, godsdamnit.)
On my Mini I get 68 ms on Google’s servers, and 82 ms on my ISP’s (that’s Free). I had wondered if it was quite reasonable to try and use Google’s Public DNS from all the way across the ocean; apparently, it is.
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garoo, 5 years ago:
Oh, they can do that, huh.
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