List of public DNS servers you can use

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Your ISP’s DNS servers acting crappy and not resolving for you? Or do you just want to check out if your DNS changes are propagating properly? These DNS resolvers should be usable from almost anywhere..

67.138.54.100 = provided by ScrubIt
207.225.209.66 = provided by ScrubIt
208.67.222.222 = provided by OpenDNS
208.67.220.220 = provided by OpenDNS
4.2.2.1 = vnsc-pri.sys.gtei.net
4.2.2.2 = vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net
65.74.140.3 = noc.arpa.org
206.111.255.123 = nic.arpa.org
216.185.111.10 = ns1.servermatrix.com
69.56.222.10 = ns2.servermatrix.com
67.19.0.10 = ns3.servermatrix.com
67.19.1.10 = ns4.servermatrix.com
70.84.160.11 = ns5.servermatrix.com
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4
4.2.2.5
4.2.2.6

Thanks goes to Zeeshan Muhammad and Max Powers for several of these.

3 Responses to “List of public DNS servers you can use”

  1. Jeremiah Blatz Says:

    Unrelated to DNS servers, but thank you so much for posting that snippet on how to get libjpeg to install its libraries on MacOSX (you posted it on DZone).

  2. willemijns Says:

    except 4.2.2.x samples this list sucks !

    www.willemijns.com@65.74.140.3:

    ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

    www.willemijns.com@206.111.255.123:

    ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

    www.willemijns.com@216.185.111.10:

    com. 171940 IN NS D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
    com. 171940 IN NS C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
    com. 171940 IN NS B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
    com. 171940 IN NS G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
    com. 171940 IN NS A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
    com. 171940 IN NS I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
    com. 171940 IN NS F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
    com. 171940 IN NS E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
    com. 171940 IN NS H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
    com. 171940 IN NS K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
    com. 171940 IN NS L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
    com. 171940 IN NS M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
    com. 171940 IN NS J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.

    www.willemijns.com@69.56.222.10:

    com. 4439 IN NS i.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 4439 IN NS m.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 4439 IN NS l.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 4439 IN NS j.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 4439 IN NS f.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 4439 IN NS a.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 4439 IN NS b.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 4439 IN NS h.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 4439 IN NS k.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 4439 IN NS e.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 4439 IN NS d.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 4439 IN NS c.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 4439 IN NS g.gtld-servers.net.

    www.willemijns.com@67.19.0.10:

    com. 78774 IN NS a.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 78774 IN NS k.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 78774 IN NS j.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 78774 IN NS g.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 78774 IN NS d.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 78774 IN NS c.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 78774 IN NS i.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 78774 IN NS m.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 78774 IN NS f.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 78774 IN NS l.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 78774 IN NS h.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 78774 IN NS e.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 78774 IN NS b.gtld-servers.net.

    www.willemijns.com@67.19.1.10:

    com. 76964 IN NS h.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 76964 IN NS g.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 76964 IN NS m.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 76964 IN NS f.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 76964 IN NS d.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 76964 IN NS c.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 76964 IN NS i.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 76964 IN NS l.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 76964 IN NS k.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 76964 IN NS a.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 76964 IN NS e.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 76964 IN NS j.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 76964 IN NS b.gtld-servers.net.

    www.willemijns.com@70.84.160.11:

    com. 169774 IN NS m.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 169774 IN NS j.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 169774 IN NS e.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 169774 IN NS f.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 169774 IN NS i.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 169774 IN NS g.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 169774 IN NS a.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 169774 IN NS d.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 169774 IN NS k.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 169774 IN NS h.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 169774 IN NS b.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 169774 IN NS l.gtld-servers.net.
    com. 169774 IN NS c.gtld-servers.net.

  3. pete c Says:

    Ah! The legend of 4.2.2.1 lives on :)

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