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That link is pretty good at explaining the DNS delegation, TLS and NoScript. However, as DDG runs on AWS, they don't have sole control of their servers anyway.
by jsingleton 10y ago
That link is pretty good at explaining the DNS delegation, TLS and NoScript. However, as DDG runs on AWS, they don't have sole control of their servers anyway.
Edit: output of a DNS/Ping tool I wrote for a book:
Enter a hostname or IP address:
duckduckgo.com
Performing DNS lookup of duckduckgo.com
Complete, duckduckgo.com = 54.229.105.92
Performing reverse DNS lookup of 54.229.105.92
Complete, 54.229.105.92 = ec2-54-229-105-92.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
Complete, duckduckgo.com = 54.229.105.203
Performing reverse DNS lookup of 54.229.105.203
Complete, 54.229.105.203 = ec2-54-229-105-203.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
Complete, duckduckgo.com = 46.51.197.89
Performing reverse DNS lookup of 46.51.197.89
Complete, 46.51.197.89 = ec2-46-51-197-89.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
Complete, duckduckgo.com = 176.34.135.167
Performing reverse DNS lookup of 176.34.135.167
Complete, 176.34.135.167 = ec2-176-34-135-167.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
Complete, duckduckgo.com = 176.34.155.20
Performing reverse DNS lookup of 176.34.155.20
Complete, 176.34.155.20 = ec2-176-34-155-20.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
Complete, duckduckgo.com = 176.34.131.233
Performing reverse DNS lookup of 176.34.131.233
Complete, 176.34.131.233 = ec2-176-34-131-233.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
Pinging duckduckgo.com 4 times
Ping attempt #1 of 4
Success
30 ms
Ping attempt #2 of 4
Success
30 ms
Ping attempt #3 of 4
Success
30 ms
Ping attempt #4 of 4
Success
29 ms
Press any key to exit...
Source code (C#): https://github.com/PacktPublishing/ASP.NET-Core-1.0-High-Performance/tree/master/Chapter%205/DnsPingTool https://github.com/PacktPublishing/ASP.NET-Core-1.0-High-Per...
- djsumdog 10y agoTIL! I didn't realize they ran an AWS stack. I've been using DDG for years (use !g about 1/3 of the time I think), and I just like having the alternative. I wish we had more search engines, but I also realize the barrier to entry is really high. Using AWS does make a lot of sense in their market. I thought their primary index was Yandex though, and they purchased supplemental data from Yahoo and Google?
- pttrsmrt 10y agoSupertip: Use !sp instead of !g to get googles results but without the tracking.
- jsingleton 10y agoLooks like https://startpage.com https://startpage.com uses http://www.routit.nl http://www.routit.nl
- pttrsmrt 10y agoInteresting. Source? Maybe they're hosting? Both are based in the Netherlands. http://www.routit.nl/oplossingen/cloud/ http://www.routit.nl/oplossingen/cloud/
- jsingleton 10y agoSame source as before. Yes, I assume that's their hosting company. Enter a hostname or IP address: startpage.com Performing DNS lookup of startpage.com Complete, startpage.com = 37.0.87.7 Performing reverse DNS lookup of 37.0.87.7 Complete, 37.0.87.7 = rt87bb0-37-7.routit.net Complete, startpage.com = 89.146.4.146 Performing reverse DNS lookup of 89.146.4.146 Complete, 89.146.4.146 = rt4bb146-89-146.routit.net Complete, startpage.com = 145.131.132.81 Performing reverse DNS lookup of 145.131.132.81 Complete, 145.131.132.81 = rt132bb131-145-81.routit.net Pinging startpage.com 4 times Ping attempt #1 of 4 Success 26 ms Ping attempt #2 of 4 Success 27 ms Ping attempt #3 of 4 Success 26 ms Ping attempt #4 of 4 Success 28 ms Press any key to exit... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=whois+routit.net&ia=whois https://duckduckgo.com/?q=whois+routit.net&ia=whois Registered to J.H. de Baat Email info@routit.nl
- newscracker 10y agoProtip for the supertip: I just use !s for startpage. One keystroke lesser. :) It's the one I use most of the time. Although my default search engine is DDG, for my use (technical and otherwise, with date based searches) DDG is still more like a toy that doesn't provide me the relevant results more than half the time. So I stick to startpage most of the time and sometimes use Google directly (with tracking related precautions/protections taken).