Cloudflare decided to use April Fool\u2019s Day (4\/1) to share some news about four 1\u2019s that could help speed your internet browsing. The company announced today that it\u2019s launching a DNS service for consumers called 1.1.1.1 The company\u2019s tool \u2014 which is not some super nerd\u2026<\/b>
\nCloudflare decided to use April Fool\u2019s Day (4\/1) to share some news about four 1\u2019s that could help speed your internet browsing. The company announced today that it\u2019s launching a DNS service for consumers called 1.1.1.1
The company\u2019s tool \u2014 which is not some super nerdy April Fool\u2019s joke \u2014 will allow users to shorten load times of web pages and keep some data away from network providers. Cloudfare boasts it will be \u201cthe Internet\u2019s fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service.\u201d
In layman\u2019s terms, by punching the number 1 four times into their DNS network info, consumers can hand over the reigns over to Cloudflare to connect a URL that they type into the tool bar \u2014 say, techcrunch.com \u2014 with that site\u2019s IP address, a process that\u2019s done by making requests to the Domain Name System (DNS). If you go to 1.1.1.1, you\u2019ll get some info on how to enable this on the device that you\u2019re on.
It\u2019s completely separate from the startup\u2019s authoritative DNS service for its customers but it does take advantage of Cloudflare\u2019s existing network to provide the fastest speeds possible to users, shaving off milliseconds from other service like Google\u2019s Public DNS Service.
It\u2019s important to note that this DNS service isn\u2019t some magical catch-all, you\u2019re still much better off operating a VPN if you don\u2019t want any of your web activity being exposed. One of the main use cases that the company seems to be tackling here is how governments have used DNS to get network providers to censor citizens access to the web.
\u201c[I]t\u2019s been depressing to us to watch all too frequently how DNS can be used as a tool of censorship against many of the groups we protect. While we\u2019re good at stopping cyber attacks, if a consumer\u2019s DNS gets blocked there\u2019s been nothing we could do to help,\u201d Prince said in blog post.
The company says that the new service will help keep some data out of ISPs\u2019 hands and that they won\u2019t keep data in their hands for long either. Cloudflare has pledged to both never write users\u2019 IP addresses to disk and that they\u2019ll purge all logs from their system after 24 hours. CEO Matthew Prince doesn\u2019t want you taking their word for it though, he detailed in a blog that the company has paid for an independent audit firm to take a look at their code annually and ensure that they\u2019ve been doing this.
Cloudflare has always seemed to prioritize securing a healthy future for the internet, that\u2019s led it into some tough predicaments with like Nazis and stuff, with this latest launch it seems that the company is trying to enact some positive changes for promoting privacy and speed on the consumer side.<\/p>\n

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