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Hi,
On Sat, 2018-08-04 at 19:41 +0200, Peter Müller wrote:
Hello *,
sorry for the late reply.
It was me who added DNS.WATCH services to the DNS server list again as soon as they were available again here.
My opinion of this service is as follows: (a) Being unavailable for weeks without any notice is certainly a bad sign. At least they cannot be considered reliable.
Which is probably one of the most important things when running a DNS resolver.
(b) They state "no logging" on their website (we will never know if this is true or not) - compared to more commercial services (Google & Co.), this is at least something.
It is a promise. Just like Google promised to never be evil... I am quite confident that promises like those are being breached a lot.
(c) Well, technically, they did not tried to manipulate DNS replies or something similar. The JavaScript on their website is funny of course, but it seems to be "just" for analytics...
Luckily nobody has to visit the website to use the DNS servers.
But there is a company behind it who's website doesn't load. No idea what they are doing. IT is not their main business. I do not see why anyone should be using this when there is so many alternatives around.
I am happy with having them deleted from the Wiki list. Will stop using them during the next few days.
Okay.
It doesn't mean that nobody should be using them, but certainly we won't recommend them any more.
- -Michael
Thanks, and best regards, Peter Müller
Yes, I agree. We should remove them from the list.
Not because of that bit of JS there (which is funny in itself), but basically because they are unreliable and nobody knows who is behind it and how to get in touch with them. At least that is my perception of all of this.
And it is not that there are no alternatives. There are plenty and people should choose from there.
Best, -Michael
On Fri, 2018-07-20 at 20:09 +0200, Matthias Fischer wrote:
Hi,
On 20.07.2018 17:35, Michael Tremer wrote:
I have seen that you have re-added them on the wiki, too.
Is this a trustworthy DNS provider?
Jm2C: They failed on Februar, 4th for about two days and now again - even longer - without any comment.
Besides, I found some intersting comments during searching here: https://forum.kuketz-blog.de/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=187 (german)
The code mentioned there ist still present on their site:
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IMHO we should delete this entry.
Best, Matthias
-Michael
On Thu, 2018-07-19 at 19:35 +0200, Peter Müller wrote:
Hello,
looks like both DNS servers and website are up again.
Best regards, Peter Müller