Google 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/
Quad9 9.9.9.9 149.112.112.112 https://www.quad9.net/
Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1 https://1.1.1.1/dns/
AdGuard DNS 94.140.14.14 94.140.15.15 https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html
Control D 76.76.2.0 76.76.10.0 https://controld.com/free-dns/
OpenDNS Home 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 https://www.opendns.com/
CleanBrowsing 185.228.168.9 185.228.169.9 https://cleanbrowsing.org/filters/
DNS.WATCH 84.200.69.80 84.200.70.40 https://dns.watch/index
Comodo Secure DNS 8.26.56.26 8.20.247.20 https://www.comodo.com/secure-dns/switch/
CenturyLink (Level3) 205.171.3.66 205.171.202.166 https://www.centurylink.com/home/help/internet/dns.html
CIRA Canadian Shield 149.112.121.10 149.112.122.10 https://www.cira.ca/cybersecurity-services/canadian-shield
OpenNIC 138.197.140.189 137.220.55.93 https://www.opennic.org/
Dyn 216.146.35.35 216.146.36.36 https://help.dyn.com/internet-guide-setup/
Yandex DNS 77.88.8.8 77.88.8.1 https://dns.yandex.com/
Hurricane Electric 74.82.42.42 https://dns.he.net/
UltraDNS 64.6.64.6 64.6.65.6 https://vercara.digicert.com/ultra-dns-public
DNS for Family 94.130.180.225 78.47.64.161 https://dnsforfamily.com/
FlashStart 185.236.104.104 185.236.105.105 https://flashstart.com/filtering-dns/ - Paid Service
Freenom World 80.80.80.80 80.80.81.81 https://www.freenom.com/en/index.html
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Alternate DNS is no longer operational, and FlashStart is not a free service!
Thank you! 🙂
No problem
Neustar's new website address is: (https://www.publicdns.neustar/ is dead!)
https://vercara.digicert.com/ultra-dns-public
Also: (https://www.freenom.world/en/index.html)
https://www.freenom.com/en/index.html
This is a great website to see the performance of some of the public DNS servers:
https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-resolvers
Click the drop down for location and select your country.
OpenDNS Home is also known as Cisco Umbrella.
https://umbrella.cisco.com/products/recursive-dns-services
For the best security and privacy better running own dns on vm.
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Alternate DNS is no longer operational, and FlashStart is not a free service!