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From: Craig on 6 Jun 2010 13:20
Y'know;

I just ran this via my Ubuntu 10.04 and I have to say this is a useful
tool. Just as it says, the operation took about 5 minutes and ended by
generating a thorough report in nicely-formated html. Another nifty
feature is that this report hyperlinks with the documentation. Not an
earth-shattering use of technology but, well thought out.

I recommend people try this, if only to see how their default DNS stacks
up with other, available servers.

Anyway: F/OSS, cross-platform & requires python.

> Are you a power-user with 5 minutes to spare? Do you want a faster
> internet experience?
>
> Try out namebench. 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. namebench is completely free and does not modify your
> system in any way. This project began as a 20% project at Google.
>
> namebench runs on Mac OS X, Windows, and UNIX, and is available with
> a graphical user interface as well as a command-line interface.

<http://code.google.com/p/namebench/>

--
-Craig
From: orbro on 6 Jun 2010 16:08
Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in news:huglcv$6s3$1(a)news.eternal-
september.org:


> I just ran this via my Ubuntu 10.04 and I have to say this is a useful
> tool. Just as it says, the operation took about 5 minutes and ended by
> generating a thorough report in nicely-formated html. Another nifty
> feature is that this report hyperlinks with the documentation. Not an
> earth-shattering use of technology but, well thought out.
>
> I recommend people try this, if only to see how their default DNS stacks
> up with other, available servers.
>
> Anyway: F/OSS, cross-platform & requires python.

I grabbed the Windows executable and it ran fine. I don't have python
installed on this box, at least I don't think I do. XP MCE Sp3.
Keen little program.

O
From: Shadow on 6 Jun 2010 18:01
On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:20:29 -0700, Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com>
wrote:
>> Try out namebench. 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. namebench is completely free and does not modify your
>> system in any way. This project began as a 20% project at Google.
>>
>> namebench runs on Mac OS X, Windows, and UNIX, and is available with
>> a graphical user interface as well as a command-line interface.
>
><http://code.google.com/p/namebench/>

Steve Gibson's DNS bench is free, very fast, and not as
intrusive. But it does not run on linux. (Maybe under wine, not
tested)
http://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm

Also only 1/30th the size of the one above. And ... portable
and standalone...and tests for bad DNS replies and redirects as in
freeDNS......
:)
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