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Public recursive name servers are alternatives to the default setup of using your Internet service provider name servers. Reasons for using an alternative include

  • speed
  • security
  • reporting
  • avoiding censorship
  • redundancy

Popular options include;

Provider IPs Alexa Traffic Rank Blocking Features
Google 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 1 no
Yandex 77.88.8.8 77.88.8.1 1265 optional virus or adult
Opendns 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 3421 optionally customizable reporting
Dyn 216.146.35.35 216.146.36.36 11049 reporting
OpenNIC 96.90.175.167 104.238.153.178 27.100.36.191 45.63.25.55

89.36.220.220 185.121.177.53 41.79.69.13 77.66.108.93 ...

251951 no many nodes
Provider IPs Alexa Traffic Rank Blocking Features