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Unfortunately seems to be US-only: > The server at encrypted.google.com.au can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed thanks for the tip though, still goin

by saturn 14y ago

Unfortunately seems to be US-only: > The server at encrypted.google.com.au can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed thanks for the tip though, still going to go with this.

bigiain 14y ago
Well, more "dot com domain only" than "US-only". The dns magic underneath encrypted.google.com, www.google.com and www.google.com.au shows that doesn't matter - all three are "in Australia" (at the very least, within 21ms) from where I am (Sydney): [Bigs-MacBook-Pro:~] bigiain% traceroute www.google.com.au traceroute: Warning: www.google.com.au has multiple addresses; using 74.125.237.87 traceroute to www-cctld.l.google.com (74.125.237.87), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 3.558 ms 1.766 ms 1.582 ms … 8 syd01s06-in-f23.1e100.net (74.125.237.87) 20.318 ms 20.009 ms 20.457 ms [Bigs-MacBook-Pro:~] bigiain% traceroute www.google.com traceroute: Warning: www.google.com has multiple addresses; using 74.125.237.81 traceroute to www.l.google.com (74.125.237.81), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 1.962 ms 3.753 ms 1.618 ms … 9 syd01s06-in-f17.1e100.net (74.125.237.81) 19.927 ms 20.220 ms 20.404 ms [Bigs-MacBook-Pro:~] bigiain% traceroute encrypted.google.com traceroute: Warning: encrypted.google.com has multiple addresses; using 74.125.237.100 traceroute to www3.l.google.com (74.125.237.100), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 17.068 ms 8.808 ms 1.609 ms … 8 syd01s12-in-f4.1e100.net (74.125.237.100) 21.235 ms 20.064 ms 19.237 ms
- recoil 14y ago
  If I search for something where I might expect a regionally-customised result, like "newspaper", I get "The Sun", "The New York Times" and "The Guardian" from encrypted.google.com, but I get the SMH, "The Australian", etc. etc. from a regular google.com.au search.
  - nightpool 14y ago
    I think that's a general feature of encrypted, no location customizations. (I'd have to double-check to make sure though)
- saturn 14y ago
  Wow, interesting, thanks for the research. I'm in Sydney too and I was surprised at how fast it was, but didn't think to look into it. Cool.
sp332 14y ago
Earlier this year Google announced that they will roll out HTTPS-by-default to all localized Googles. I guess they haven't got it done yet. http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2012/03/bringing-more-secure-search-around.html http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2012/03/bringing-more-secur...

by saturn 14y ago

Unfortunately seems to be US-only: > The server at encrypted.google.com.au can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed thanks for the tip though, still going to go with this.

bigiain 14y ago

Well, more "dot com domain only" than "US-only". The dns magic underneath encrypted.google.com, www.google.com and www.google.com.au shows that doesn't matter - all three are "in Australia" (at the very least, within 21ms) from where I am (Sydney): [Bigs-MacBook-Pro:~] bigiain% traceroute www.google.com.au traceroute: Warning: www.google.com.au has multiple addresses; using 74.125.237.87 traceroute to www-cctld.l.google.com (74.125.237.87), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 3.558 ms 1.766 ms 1.582 ms … 8 syd01s06-in-f23.1e100.net (74.125.237.87) 20.318 ms 20.009 ms 20.457 ms [Bigs-MacBook-Pro:~] bigiain% traceroute www.google.com traceroute: Warning: www.google.com has multiple addresses; using 74.125.237.81 traceroute to www.l.google.com (74.125.237.81), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 1.962 ms 3.753 ms 1.618 ms … 9 syd01s06-in-f17.1e100.net (74.125.237.81) 19.927 ms 20.220 ms 20.404 ms [Bigs-MacBook-Pro:~] bigiain% traceroute encrypted.google.com traceroute: Warning: encrypted.google.com has multiple addresses; using 74.125.237.100 traceroute to www3.l.google.com (74.125.237.100), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 17.068 ms 8.808 ms 1.609 ms … 8 syd01s12-in-f4.1e100.net (74.125.237.100) 21.235 ms 20.064 ms 19.237 ms

recoil 14y ago
If I search for something where I might expect a regionally-customised result, like "newspaper", I get "The Sun", "The New York Times" and "The Guardian" from encrypted.google.com, but I get the SMH, "The Australian", etc. etc. from a regular google.com.au search.
- nightpool 14y ago
  I think that's a general feature of encrypted, no location customizations. (I'd have to double-check to make sure though)
saturn 14y ago
Wow, interesting, thanks for the research. I'm in Sydney too and I was surprised at how fast it was, but didn't think to look into it. Cool.

sp332 14y ago

Earlier this year Google announced that they will roll out HTTPS-by-default to all localized Googles. I guess they haven't got it done yet. http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2012/03/bringing-more-secure-search-around.html http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2012/03/bringing-more-secur...