8.8.8.8, A DNS Number for Faster Browsing

Mar 02, 2013 Whois IP 8.8.8.8 Whois IP Lookup for 8.8.8.8 Google Online Security Blog: Google Public DNS turns 8.8.8

Hello, when pinging 8.8.8.8 from FRA1 server, I receive such reponse: PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=7.43 ms 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=7.25 ms 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_

Google never publicly explained it, but it’s fun to speculate, so… Because it’s memorable, and Google either already controlled that IP, or they could afford to buy it (it’s Google, after all). The number 8 is also considered lucky by the Chinese DNSet – Aplicações no Google Play DNSet sets Google's public DNS servers (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4) on your device. In order to do this it creates a local VPN so you have to authorise the app once. The app quits after the VPN has been initialised, this saves space on your device's precious RAM memory. Avoiding the ISP's DNS may help in: * Bypassing restrictions on certain websites

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Whois IP Lookup for 8.8.8.8. WHOIS. Domains. PREMIUM Intelligent Email for seamless collaboration Includes Google Docs, Sheets & Drive 30 GB Storage Google never publicly explained it, but it’s fun to speculate, so… Because it’s memorable, and Google either already controlled that IP, or they could afford to buy it (it’s Google, after all).