Software:Namebench
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| Initial release | 20 August 2009 |
| Stable release | 1.3.1
/ 6 June 2010 |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows, OS X and Unix |
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| Licence | Apache License, version 2.0 |
| Website | code |
Namebench is an open-source Domain Name System (DNS) benchmark utility by Google, Inc,[1] which is licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0.[2] Namebench runs on Windows, OS X, and Unix.[1] It is available with a graphical user interface as well as a command-line interface.[1] Its purpose is to find the fastest DNS server one could use.[1] The project began as a 20% project at Google.[1] It can run the benchmark using your web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets, in order to provide an individualized recommendation.[1] Namebench was written using open-source tools and libraries.[1] It was created by Google engineer Thomas Stromberg.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "namebench - Open-source DNS Benchmark Utility - Google Project Hosting". https://code.google.com/p/namebench/.
- ↑ Installer
- ↑ Siegler, MG (1 January 2010). "Namebench: Google's 20% Project To Find The Fastest DNS Server". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2010/01/01/namebench-google-dns/. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
External links
- Namebench at Google Code Archive
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