[CuteDepravity]

It's crazy that both 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 where affected by the same change

I guess now we should start using a completely different provider as dns backup Maybe 8.8.8.8 or 9.9.9.9

[sammy2255]

1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 are served by the same service. It's not advertised as a redundant fully separate backup or anything like that...

[yjftsjthsd-h]

Wait, then why does 1.0.0.1 exist? I'll grant I've never seen it advertised/documented as a backup, but I just assumed it must be because why else would you have two? (Given that 1.1.1.1 already isn't actually a single point, so I wouldn't think you need a second IP for load balancing reasons.)

[0xbadcafebee]

In general, the idea of DNS's design is to use the DNS resolver closest to you, rather than the one run by the largest company.

That said, it's a good idea to specifically pick multiple resolvers in different regions, on different backbones, using different providers, and not use an Anycast address, because Anycast can get a little weird. However, this can lead to hard-to-troubleshoot issues, because DNS doesn't always behave the way you expect.

[ben0x539]

Isn't the largest company most likely to have the DNS resolver closest to me?

[dontTREATonme]

What’s your recommendation for finding the dns resolver closest to me? I currently use 1.1 and 8.8, but I’m absolutely open to alternatives.

[codingminds]

Wasn't that the case since ever?

[globular-toast]

In general there's no such thing as "DNS backup". Most clients just arbitrarily pick one from the list, they don't fall back to the other one in case of failure or anything. So if one went down you'd still find many requests timing out.

[JdeBP]

The reality is that it's rather complicated to say what "most clients" do, as there is some behavioural variation amongst the DNS client libraries when they are configured with multiple IP addresses to contact. So whilst it's true to say that fallback and redundancy does not always operate as one might suppose at the DNS client level, it is untrue to go to the opposite extreme and say that there's no such thing at all.

[bigiain]

I mean, aren't we already?

My Pi-holes both use OpenDNS, Quad9, and CloudFlare for upstream.

Most of my devices use both of my Pi-holes.

[johnklos]

If you're already running Pi-hole, wny not just run your own recursive, caching resolver?