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September

2021

12:40

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10 September 2021 12:40

The article lists the various servers DNS(Domain Name Service port 53/UDP).

List of DNS servers of the National Domain Name System (NDNS) of Russia

DNS server addresses for clients (public services available to everyone):

IP address	Description	Country	Response time, ms
195.208.4.1	National Domain Name System (NDNS) - a.res-nsdi.ru recursive caching DNS server	Russia	4
195.208.5.1	National Domain Name System (NDNS) - b.res-nsdi.ru recursive caching DNS server	Russia	0

The following DNS server addresses are used only by Internet providers in Russia.

IP address	Description	Country	Response time, ms
195.208.6.1	NDNS - a.auth-nsdi.ru root non-recursive DNS server	Russia	4
195.208.7.1	NDNS - b.auth-nsdi.ru root non-recursive DNS server	Russia	4

List of free DNS servers - Russia

IP address	Description	Country	Response time, ms
77.88.8.8	Yandex - dns.yandex.ru	Russia	20
77.88.8.1	Yandex - secondary.dns.yandex.ru	Russia	20
77.88.8.88	Yandex - safe DNS	Russia	20
77.88.8.2	Yandex - secondary safe DNS	Russia	20

DNS servers Rostelecom (Avangard DSL)

IP address	Description	Country	Response time, ms
89.110.45.13	Avangard DSL, Rostelecom - North-West, St. Petersburg	Russia	240
91.122.77.189	Avangard DSL, Rostelecom - North-West, St. Petersburg	Russia	8

List of free DNS servers - rest of the world

Use of the following servers does not guarantee reliable Internet access for customers and is done at your own risk.

IP address	Description	Country	Response time, ms
8.8.8.8	Google	USA	4
8.8.4.4	Google	USA	4
208.67.222.222	OpenDNS (Cisco),	USA	32
208.67.220.220	OpenDNS (Cisco)	USA	32
1.1.1.1	CloudFlare	USA	4
1.0.0.1	CloudFlare	USA	4
9.9.9.9	Quad9	Switzerland	32
149.112.112.112	Quad9	Switzerland	36
76.76.2.0	ControlID	Canada	80
76.76.2.11	ControlID	Canada	32
8.26.56.26	Comodo	USA	36
~~8.20.247.20~~	Comodo	USA	36
~~94.140.14.140~~	AdGuard	Europe	12
~~94.140.14.141~~	AdGuard	Europe	12
94.140.14.14	AdGuard	Europe	12
94.140.15.15	AdGuard	Europe	16
209.244.0.3	Level3	USA	40
4.0.0.53	Level3	USA	40
4.2.2.1 - 4.2.2.6	Level3	USA	40
156.154.70.1	DNS Advantage	USA	32
156.154.71.1	DNS Advantage	USA	36
84.200.69.80	DNS Watch	Germany	152
84.200.70.40	DNS Watch	Germany	164
~~91.217.137.37~~	OpenNIC	Russia	12
~~185.52.0.55~~	OpenNIC	Russia	~~100~~
194.36.144.87	OpenNIC	Germany	88
~~94.16.114.254~~	OpenNIC	Germany	72
94.247.43.254	OpenNIC	Germany	32
65.21.1.106	OpenNIC	Finland	7
95.216.99.249	OpenNIC (dns.froth.zone)	Finland	3
195.10.195.195	OpenNIC	Hosting Eth-Services	31
94.247.43.254	OpenNIC	Hosting Eth-Services	43
88.198.92.222	LibreOps	-	239
192.71.166.92	LibreOps	-	359
~~87.118.126.225~~	ORSN	Germany	44
212.224.71.71	ORSN	Germany	76
~~84.200.83.54~~	ORSN	Germany	60
79.133.62.62	ORSN	Netherlands	84

DNS IPv6

IP address	Description	Country	Response time, ms
2a0c:a9c7:8::1	NSDI - a.res-nsdi.ru, Moscow	Russia	16
2a0c:a9c7:9::1	NSDI - b.res-nsdi.ru, Moscow	Russia	16
2a02:6b8::feed:ff	Yandex, Moscow (dns.yandex.ru)	Russia	20
2a02:6b8:0:1::feed:ff	Yandex, Moscow (secondary.dns.yandex.ru)	Russia	20
2a02:6b8::feed:a11	Yandex, Moscow (family.dns.yandex.ru)	Russia	32
2a02:6b8:0:1::feed:a11	Yandex, Moscow (secondary family)	Russia	32
2620:fe::fe	Quad9	Switzerland	40
2620:fe::9	Quad9	Switzerland	40
2a00:f826:8:1::254	OpenNIC	Hosting Eth-Services, Germany	31
2a00:f826:8:2::195	OpenNIC	Hosting Eth-Services, Germany	31
2a01:238:4231:5200::1	OpenNIC	opennameserver.org Germany	51
2a03:4000:4d:c92:88c0:96ff:fec6:b9d	OpenNIC	Germany	35
2a00:f826:8:2::195	OpenNIC	Hosting Eth-Services, Germany	31
2a01:4f8:1c0c:82c0::1	OpenNIC	LibreOps Germany	39
2a00:f826:8:1::254	OpenNIC	Hosting Eth-Services, Germany	31
2a01:4f9:c011:83d::1	OpenNIC	Finland	23
2a01:4f9:2b:1305::2	OpenNIC (dns.froth.zone)	Finland	19

You can read more about public DNS servers here:
*Public recursive name server

Response time test example:

dig @195.208.6.1 ya.ru

Addition from 09/14/2021, 10/12/2022: Script for checking the availability of DNS servers, including checking DNS iPv6

#!/bin/bash
host=lenta.ru
for sp in 195.208.4.1 195.208.5.1 195.208.6.1 \
195.208.7.1 77.88.8.8 77.88.8.1 77.88.8.88 77.88.8.2\
89.110.45.13 91.122.77.189\
8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1 9.9.9.9 \
149.112.112.112 76.76.2.0 76.76.2.11 8.26.56.26 8.20.247.20 94.140.14.14 94.140.15.15 \
209.244.0.3 4.0.0.53 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4 4.2.2.5 4.2.2.6 \
156.154.70.1 156.154.71.1 84.200.69.80 84.200.70.40 \
194.36.144.87 195.10.195.195 94.16.114.254 94.247.43.254 212.224.71.71 \
84.200.83.54 79.133.62.62\
2a0c:a9c7:8::1 2a0c:a9c7:9::1 2a02:6b8::feed:ff 2a02:6b8:0:1::feed:ff \
2a02:6b8::feed:a11 2a02:6b8:0:1::feed:a11 \
2620:fe::fe 2620:fe::9
do
var=`dig +time=1 +tries=1 @$sp $host |
grep "time:" | sed "s/;; Query time: / - /"`
[ -z "$var" ] && echo $sp " - Unavailable" || echo $sp $var
done

Links:
https://dnsmid.com/russia/
https://public-dns.info/nameserver/ru.html
*https://dnschecker.org/public-dns/ru

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