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danie10@squeet.me
Danie

How to Choose the Best (and Fastest) Alternative DNS Server

The image shows a computer screen displaying the results of a Domain Name Server (DNS) benchmark test. The foreground is dominated by a table of data showing the response times of various nameservers. The background features the title "DNS Benchmark" along with other menu options like 'Introduction', 'Nameservers', 'Tabular Data', and 'Conclusions'. The software appears to be 'Precision Freeware by Steve Gibson'. The image depicts a technical analysis of network performance.
Your internet service provider offers its own DNS servers, which help you turn websites like www.howtogeek.com into their respective IP addresses. Your devices use those by default, but you can set your own preferred DNS servers for a bit of improved speed.

Many DNS servers will also block malware, pornography, and other types of websites, if you want them to.

If you’re looking for something faster than your ISP’s DNS servers, you should run a DNS benchmark to find what’s best for your connection. The fastest DNS server will depend on your geographical location and internet service provider, so there really isn’t one fastest DNS provider for everyone.

See howtogeek.com/342330/how-to-ch…
#Blog, #DNS, #networking, #technology

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danie10@squeet.me
Danie

Will IPv6 ever replace IPv4? It’s like moving from Windows to Linux

Rear side of a router device showing various colour network cables plugged in.
Yes, well over 10 years that IPv6 has been formally announced and in the process of being rolled out (and out, and out).

Reading the linked article though regarding backwards compatibility, it does remind me of a Windows user ditching Windows and trying to move to Linux. It’s basically like moving from one OS to another, where apps work differently. There is no compatibility between IPv4 and IPv6, and I think that complexity, combined with all the businesses still being on IPv4, holds most back from moving to IPv6.

See xda-developers.com/will-ipv4-e…
#Blog, #networking, #technology

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jirikiha@diasp.org
Sam

Today the internet route between AZ and MI failed in Chicago (or thereabouts, digitally).
Until new routes came up I couldn't work on any projects located on the Michigan servers, and even Azure Storage Explorer failed.
Anything internet-related was flaky, depending on where the other end was.

But...

The Snipping Tool wouldn't take a screenshot either.

OK. What gives? Are you sending my screenshots home before you load them in the application!?
#Networking #Security

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waynerad@diasp.org
Wayne Radinsky

A research team "looked into differences in internet infrastructures in democratic and authoritarian states." "The characteristic pattern: In authoritarian states, more influential internet service providers are predominantly state-owned, whereas in democracies they are largely privatized. Moreover, when autocratic countries have foreign internet service providers, these are usually owned by other authoritarian states."

"A major contribution of the study is its examination of 'transit networks', the networks that forward data traffic onwards.""Since transit networks are invisible to ordinary users, states can use these networks to surveil and censor content without being held accountable for this action."

"In authoritarian states, a significantly higher proportion of data traffic is routed through state-owned transit networks. The opposite is true in democratic countries, where the most influential transit networks are mainly owned by private providers."

"The researchers speak of recognizable clusters of technological cooperation between authoritarian states."

The atlas of internet surveillance

#solidstatelife #networking #internet #geopolitics

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hackbyte@friendica.utzer.de
hackbyte (friendica) 13HB1

And then, there are those precious few moments, you see some stupid shit on the #social #networking #stuff .... and...

Because of reasons, you actually have to buy the fscking thing, for real...

Where it started, more or less:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcu3me4wbfQ
Water Rocket! Sprinkler Toy

How it's going (include amazon search here).

It was about 18€ for me overall (incl shipping, lets say, maybe 20 bucks overall in us)..

And the grandchildren of my landlord-neighbour (3yrs and 1yr rn) will absolutely love it in the upcoming year......

It was _just_ a day to late for this years summer season....

Heck, i'm an adult .. i can wait half a year to have fun with it and them. ;)

#Water #Rocket #Sprinkler #RandomShit ;)

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