Is 1.1.1.1 still the fastest DNS?

Is Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 safe?

I use it for my personal blog.

I'm not a webmaster so I don't have a hosting account. I was just browsing through the web, and someone I don't know was saying something about 1.1 security. (He's talking about people getting hacked because their passwords are stolen)

How is this possible? (I know that's kinda off-topic. I just wanted to understand if this service is safe for me.)

A lot of people are claiming that this web site is "secure" since they have paid for a year of service from CloudFlare. This may be true, but you're really making a lot of claims that aren't really fair.

I wasn't even paying attention to whether CloudFlare was running their servers, because I always use it on my own website. I didn't realize they were running a separate "security" service.

Their Terms of Service say that they'll take care of your DNS, but I don't see any disclaimer that they're monitoring it or protecting it. Their site is hosted by Akamai, so I'm assuming they're using Akamai's servers, and Akamai is known to block sites, not run them securely. They don't seem to make any security guarantees. That's a big deal. Who knows if there are other issues that they're not telling you about.

So, I'm not really convinced that this is the same level of security as self-hosting your own DNS. CloudFlare has some cool features, and I use them, but I wouldn't trust them more than I'd trust a DNS host I've paid for. They're not very transparent about what they do and don't do.

Which is better, 1.1.1.1 or 8.8 8.8 for gaming?

S. I know the 1.1 IP addresses are unassigned as per http:// 1.1, but I'm not asking if they're assigned, if that's the question, please leave your answers in the comments or elsewhere.

It is a good question and I think it's been discussed a lot on reddit but I honestly didn't see answer to this question anywhere yet. What happened to the 8.8 network IP address before it was unassigned? Was it intended to be a temporary placeholder like the .com, .edu, .net domains all are? Or was it an experiment that never had a place?

Also, it could be argued that the .xxx TLD (which is now unassigned) was a way of doing something similar with the .xxx range because there wasn't a specific name attached to the number.

Anyway, it's a good point and I for one am glad someone brought this up because without any definitive answer I would be debating which network is better. I tried both and you may be right but I personally still prefer the 1.1 network because at least you know that even if you type in a wrong URL it won't take you to a hacked page, instead it will just take you to a page that's been hijacked and redirected to somewhere else. If that doesn't sound like a big enough difference then I guess the .8 network is more desirable.

If it were my business or site, I would be more inclined to use 1.1 network due to its more trustable nature than the . Though both offer good speed/reliability/trustworthiness they also have a tradeoff with each other because the .8 network is more prone to being hacked while the 1.1 network has a few vulnerabilities for some people depending on their connection speed/location/how fast their internet connection is. I think in reality the tradeoff between the two networks is fairly even. It's like comparing 2 sports teams with 2 different strengths.