Farsight CEO Paul Vixie thinks more people should rely on their own servers to translate internet addresses, rather than relying on Google's.
Internet pioneer Paul Vixie thinks the way many individuals and organizations have configured their internet connections is costing them privacy and time.
The problem Vixie is warning about has to do with the fact that many internet users today are relying on DNS servers operated by organizations such as Google that are physically located far away.If you ask Paul Vixie, the way you've configured your internet connection is probably all wrong, and it's likely costing you time and privacy., which he helped develop, and which underlies much of the modern internet.
Namely, by handing off the DNS function, which is what turns"google.com" into 216.58.195.238, to Google or IBM or other big organizations, we are allowing those entities to get a peek at where we're going and doing online, Vixie said. And because of the time it takes for data to go up to those organizations' servers and back, relying on them makes our internet experience markedly slower, he said.
Those delays are particularly galling for Vixie, because that's not how he and his colleagues designed DNS to work. In the early days of the internet, nearly all the corporate and academic and other networks connected to it had their own DNS servers, he said.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Paul Talalay Found Broccoli Could Boost Body’s Defenses Against CancerDr. Talalay, a Johns Hopkins medical researcher for over 50 years, helped establish the idea that eating certain foods could reduce cancer risks. He died March 10 at age 95.
Read more »
Prosecutors suggest Paul Manafort may be trying to get $1 million out of his forfeitureProsecutors suspect Paul Manafort might be trying to secretly claw back about a million dollars he agreed to hand over to the government for his financial crimes — and he could be using the same type of shell company at the core of his legal problems to fake a loan.
Read more »
Opinion | The op-ed that got Stephen Moore his Fed nomination is based on two major falsehoodsOpinion: The op-ed that got Stephen Moore his Fed nomination is based on two major falsehoods
Read more »
25 years after the genocide, how well has Rwanda healed?President Paul Kagame shows no sign of handing over power
Read more »
Laura Ingraham guest says trans people will 'destroy' gender norms to create 'new species'—'Human and part machine'Dr. Paul Nathanson was speaking to The Laura Ingraham Podcast about transhumanism.
Read more »
Golf: Casey defends Valspar Championship with one-shot victoryPaul Casey became the first player to successfully defend his Valspar Championsh...
Read more »
The collusion allegation against Manafort that's still unresolvedCNN News, delivered. Select from our newsletters below and enter your email to subscribe.
Read more »
Golf: Casey leads Johnson by one at Valspar ChampionshipDefending champion Paul Casey held on for a one-stroke third-round lead over wor...
Read more »