DWS
The DWS network services are free, public and provided as is. There's no account and no uptime guarantee. Use them at your own risk, and don't use them to hurt anyone.
These terms cover the DWS network services (the dns.dws.rip resolver, and time on ntp.dws.rip and time.dws.rip) and the websites dws.rip, dns.dws.rip and ntp.dws.rip. Skiff and Amidol have their own terms. Custom hosting is under a separate written agreement.
"We" means DWS Engineering, LLC and Tanishq Dubey. By using the DWS network services or these websites, you agree to these terms. If you don't, point your devices somewhere else.
A recursive DNS resolver with ad blocking, NTP with NTS, and Roughtime, open to anyone, free. We may change, rate limit, suspend or end any of them at any time, without notice. If an address or port changes, we'll try to post it on these sites first.
Use the services for your own devices and networks. Don't use them to attack anyone, including us:
We may block any address that does these things, without notice. If you need more than the limits allow, say for a large network, ask.
The resolver blocks domains on the HaGeZi Multi list, refreshed daily. Lists make mistakes: a domain you need may be blocked, and an ad may get through. If a block breaks something you rely on, use another resolver for it, or tell us. We decide what's on the list we serve.
NTP and Roughtime are best effort. Don't make DWS your only time source for anything where wrong time costs money, safety or legal standing. Configure several independent sources, which is good practice anyway.
The services and websites are provided "as is" and "as available", with all faults and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. We don't warrant that they'll be available, uninterrupted or error free, that DNS answers or time will be correct, or that blocking will catch or spare any particular domain.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, DWS Engineering, LLC and Tanishq Dubey are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including loss of data, service, profits or opportunity, arising from your use of or inability to use the services or these websites, even if advised of the possibility. Where liability can't be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid for the services, which is nothing.
Some jurisdictions don't allow these exclusions, so some may not apply to you. Your rights as a consumer under law are unaffected.
Text and images on these sites are © DWS Engineering, LLC. DWS Mono is Iosevka, under the SIL Open Font License. The sleeping cat on the error pages is after Felix Lee; the other cats are folk art or ours. Other names, like Cloudflare, Google, Quad9 and Apple, are trademarks of their owners and are used only to describe their services.
You can stop at any time by pointing your devices at other servers. We can stop serving you if you break these terms.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law rules.
We may update these terms. The new version will be posted here with a new effective date; using the services after that means you accept it.