Googles latest idea

Steve · Feb 01, 2010, 18:30:56

Google plans a change to how DNS requests are made,this will involve part of your own IP address being sent along with the request,

http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/01/proposal-to-extend-dns-protocol.html

Rik · Feb 01, 2010, 18:36:08

I'm really not sure I like that idea.

Steve · Feb 01, 2010, 19:10:20

Wouldn't make any difference to a UK user are IP addresses distributed geographically I suspect not.

Rik · Feb 01, 2010, 19:11:40

They are, Steve, though I can never quite work out the block allocations.

Technical Ben · Feb 01, 2010, 21:32:20

Never knew the sites relied on your DNS server for your location. I now know how to watch US webcast series ahead of the UK release!

(No, it does not work. And I wanted to see the new series of Heros.

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Steve · Feb 01, 2010, 21:46:59

Not sure its quite like that Ben, someone will hopefully correct me if I'm wrong.Each domain must have an authoritative name server which may be located anywhere and the requests via Idnet go through their local DNS cache.

Niall · Feb 01, 2010, 22:10:34

Well that couldn't be any clearer if they screamed "we don't trust any of you, you're all thieves and we want to watch what all of you are doing all of the time".

I can't see any way they have of justifying this at all. If they do switch to this method, I'm never using Google again.

Steve · Feb 01, 2010, 22:18:33

The idea was Google's in conjunction with others but the information will be via the (your domains) authoritative name server and the reply will depend on the clients IP address. So it won't matter whether you use Google or not.

Niall · Feb 01, 2010, 23:02:50

I was just looking at this a minute ago, and have just realised how far across the web Google and their little schemes have gone. No longer are they the friendly company they once were, it would seem. It's all about the money now it would seem

You can bet your house on the fact the government will want a piece of this action to monitor what people look at/download on the web.

Simon · Feb 02, 2010, 11:30:16

I have long thought Google was getting too big, and was turning more 'big brother' by the day. It's one of the reasons I haven't bought an Android phone!

Rik · Feb 02, 2010, 11:44:53

We need a new Google, without the ambition to know what we ate for breakfast and what our inner leg measurement is.

Simon · Feb 02, 2010, 11:58:45

I'm sure it won't be long before Google contains our medical records and DNA.

Rik · Feb 02, 2010, 11:59:43

If they haven't already got their mitts on them. ;(