Friday, January 29, 2010

Google wants to extend the DNS protocol

In December, we learned that Google had launched its own resolution service areas. Called Google Public DNS latter promises an Internet faster, safer and respecting the principles of net neutrality. Remember that the DNS server will translate a domain name (eg google.com) and IP address of the server on which this website is hosted.

"We believe that a faster DNS infrastructure could improve the browsing experience for all users significantly," said Google had then. Today we know a little more. Indeed, the firm in Mountain View, accompanied by several DNS service providers, has sent a proposal to the Working DNSext to amend the protocol in question.

When communication is established between the machine and the server, Google hopes that many devices will be sent information including the location of the user. This measure is based on the IP address of the latter. However to ensure the privacy of the user, and Carlo Contavalli Wilmer van der Gaast explains: "Our proposal for the protocol DNS servers allow recursive name (Ed: for example that of an ISP) to include some Your IP address during a request from a root server. " They add that only the first three bytes or the first 24 bits are sent and thus prove sufficient to determine the location of the user while maintaining his anonymity. There then follows a process of communication much faster.

If she were to be accepted by the group DNSext, this proposal could then shape the future of the DNS standard.

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