Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 DNS Service With Focus on Privacy and Speed

Cloudflare has a new consumer DNS service at 1.1.1.1 which is focused on privacy and speed. A DNS resolver figures out the IP address for the domain name you’ve entered in your address bar.

To get a catchy IP address for its DNS server, Cloudflare contacted APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry for the Asia Pacific region. APNIC held the IP addresses 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1.

Currently, the 1.1.1.1 DNS service is averaging around 14ms globally and even less for Cloudflare customers. That compares to around 20ms for OpenDNS and 34ms for Google.