Google DNS the Default in Chromium OS?
Posted on 20. Dec, 2009 by Daniel Cawrey in News, Rumors
Every time you go to a website, Domain Name Service is looking up the IP address that resolves the hostname for you that you type in. So should we be surprised that Google has their own public DNS? Well they do, and you can use it if you configure your network settings so that your DNS servers are set to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (that’s memorable). According to the official site, Google’s DNS uses load balancing and something called “smart caching” so that peformance is improved. Also, they claim that their DNS is more secure.
With the broadband speeds that most users are at now, this may not be a bad idea. DNS may actually hold back pages from loading if information from several sites needs to be properly loaded. Since Google’s AdWords is prevalent on so many sites that may be another factor that led them to release a public DNS service as well.
So, at what point does the Google DNS show up as the default on Chrome OS? Right when it is released? I have already written a bit about privacy issues that Google faces. With Chrome OS, their chief method of making a computer work faster than before as well as adding more security will be done by sourcing everything to the cloud. But some may find it concerning that most regular users of a GoogleBook would not think of what their default DNS settings are or how to change them.
A DNS record could be saved along with the account that is logged into a Chrome OS machine. Besides that, when you are logged into Chrome OS, you are using your Gmail login, so everything could be potentially tracked unlike signing out before doing a Google search on a PC today.
What do you think? Would Google save all those DNS resolve requests?
