Google namebench

[bekdik]

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

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.

 

[Smiley_lauf]

Sorry, but how does this work if we are in SA, or even behind a corporate proxy? Are the DNS not predetermined? (I am ignorant at this, but idea sound good).

 

[Spazmatic]

I think this is aimed at home users, that don't have local DNS servers on their network or behind proxies. Just a guess.