DNS resolver registry · Google

Google Public DNS DNS servers

Google Public DNS offers one service, reachable over DNS (53), DoT, DoH. Every address and endpoint below is taken from the operator's documentation; the behaviour is what we measured on 2026-09-24.
8.8.8.8
primary address
4
addresses in 1 variant
Validates
DNSSEC in our test
Sends /24
client subnet (ECS)
Addresses Check your resolver

Addresses

Google Public DNS DNS addresses by variant

Set the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses as your DNS servers, or use an encrypted endpoint where one is listed.

Google Public DNS

Not specified by the operator

IPv4
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
IPv6
2001:4860:4860::8888
2001:4860:4860::8844
DoH
https://dns.google/dns-query
DoT
dns.google

Measured

What we observed

Measured 2026-09-24 from one vantage point, three rounds per address, majority result. Anycast resolvers can behave differently from other networks. How we test

DNSSEC validation Validates

Returned SERVFAIL for dnssec-failed.org, rhybar.cz and badsig.go.dnscheck.tools on every address that answered, while resolving example.com.

Client subnet (ECS)

Sends /24. The authoritative server received that much of the client address, enough to locate a user to a block of addresses.

Plain DNS and NXDOMAIN

2/2 documented IPv4 addresses answered on port 53. Random non-existent names came back as NXDOMAIN, so errors are not rewritten into ads or search pages.

Encrypted endpoints

  • DoH https://dns.google/dns-queryAnswered
  • DoT dns.googleAnswered

Networks

Which networks carry it

The announcing network comes from RIPEstat routing data for each documented address. The query network is where the resolver sent its own lookups during our probe, which a DNS leak test reports.

Announcing the service addresses

  • AS15169 GOOGLE - Google LLC

Queried from, in our probe

  • AS15169 GOOGLE - Google LLC

In the operator's words

Operator statements

Quoted from the operator's pages and checked word for word. We have not audited these practices.
“Temporary logs are the only logs that store both your IP address and your DNS query.”
developers.google.com
“The permanent logs are a sampling of the temporary logs where your IP address is removed and replaced by a city or region-level location.”
developers.google.com

Check it

Confirm your device is using Google Public DNS

Changing a DNS setting does not guarantee your lookups reach that resolver: a VPN, a browser's own secure DNS or a proxy can send them elsewhere. Our DNS leak test shows which resolvers actually received your queries.

From a terminal

# Which address did the resolver query from?
dig +short whoami.akamai.net @8.8.8.8

# Does it pass your subnet on (ECS)?
dig +short TXT o-o.myaddr.l.google.com @8.8.8.8

# Does it validate DNSSEC? SERVFAIL means yes
dig dnssec-failed.org @8.8.8.8

Behind a proxy

With an HTTP proxy, or a client set to socks5h://, the proxy side resolves hostnames, so your own resolver setting does not apply to that traffic. With socks5:// in curl or Python requests, your device resolves names first. The SOCKS5 vs SOCKS5h guide shows how to check which one you have.

Questions

Google Public DNS questions

What are Google Public DNS's DNS server addresses?

Google Public DNS: 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4, 2001:4860:4860::8888, 2001:4860:4860::8844.

Does Google Public DNS validate DNSSEC?

Yes. On 2026-09-24 every Google Public DNS address that answered returned SERVFAIL for three deliberately mis-signed domains while resolving ordinary names.

Does Google Public DNS support DNS over HTTPS or DNS over TLS?

DoH: https://dns.google/dns-query. DoT: dns.google. 2 of 2 answered our test query on 2026-09-24.

Does Google Public DNS send my IP subnet to other servers (ECS)?

Yes on at least one address: we observed a /24 client subnet reaching the authoritative server.

How can I check that I am using Google Public DNS?

Run a DNS leak test and compare the network it reports with the one Google Public DNS queried from in our probe (AS15169). On the command line, dig +short whoami.akamai.net @8.8.8.8 returns the address the resolver used to query Akamai.

Sources

Sources and dates

Documentation checked 2026-09-24. Measured 2026-09-24. Registry reviewed 2026-09-24.

Compare

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DNSSEC: validates

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DNSSEC: validates

OpenDNS

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DNSSEC: validates

AdGuard DNS

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DNSSEC: validates

CleanBrowsing

185.228.168.9 · 185.228.169.9

DNSSEC: validates

Control D Free DNS

76.76.2.0 · 76.76.10.0

DNSSEC: validates
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