I just started playing around with #OpenDNS and its ability to filter content by domain name. From what I understand it has been around for a while and is even owned by Cisco. To say the least, I'm not impressed. At the minimal blocking level, it failed the #Newsmax test.

Today’s task (when not working) has been to install trust certificates for OpenDNS / Cisco Umbrella on the machines in my house so that a custom block screen is displayed if someone tries to access a blocked site.

Oh and catching up on Ted Lasso 😂

#OpenDNS #CiscoUmbrella #TedLasso #Networks #Security #RoyKentIsTheBestCharacter

Woke up to no Internet connection this morning. After some troubleshooting I tracked the issue down to my #piHole and a quick reboot of that seemed to do the trick.

Over the last couple of days I'd happened to have started using #OpenDNS as my DNS server so that I can easily block websites in certain categories, and my first thought was I'd messed something up. 😃

Haven't even had time for a coffee yet, and as NetworkChuck always say, everything in IT needs #coffee 😀

https://www.zdnet.fr/pratique/smartphone-android-comment-activer-le-mode-dns-prive-39957534.htm#xtor=RSS-1
#dns
#dns_privé
#android
#vie_privée
#quad9
#cloudflare
#opendns

Perché è importante cambiare i DNS del router?
#DNS #internet #router #censura #connessione #OpenDNS #Cloudflare #Google
https://guruhitech.com/perche-e-importante-cambiare-i-dns-del-router/

I really need to clean up my #CrowdSec implementation. Specifically, how I’m using CrowdSec Bouncers. I have a mixture of applications that run over #Cloudflare tunnels, and others that terminate directly into my #selfhosted environment. I have a bouncer running on #OPNsense on the edge, which I’m not effectively using, and then my #Mastodon instance is using the Cloudflare bouncer, which I think is appropriate.

Now that I write this, the implementation isn’t the problem. It’s the lack of a cohesive strategy.

As an aside, if you are a #homelab or #selfhosted enthusiast, you really should check out the CrowsSec project. https://www.crowdsec.net. It’s a bit like #Cisco #Umbrella (aka #OpenDNS) in concept, but very different than that in execution.

@hlindqvist @pmevzek

I just stopped using any #opendns servers. I added them in the ancient pre-cisco days.

I was just curious why it was happening, since they "should" just return plain results, not filtered results.

@merospit

Yes, this is what I see as well.

It only happens out *one* of my Internet connections (Starlink--but works on other Starlink) querying using OpenDNS server.

It doesn't happen if I use a different Internet connection.

It doesn't happen if I use a different nameserver.

Just that nameserver on that connection, #OpenDNS returns their own IP for queries to major social media sites. Huh.

I'm seeing unusual responses from #OpenDNS resolving the names of various social media sites. For example looking up twitter.com doesn't return a twitter IP, but an address owned by OpenDNS. Resolving the IP gives the hostname "hit-adult. opendns. com" (!).

Other nameservers return IP addresses that are owned by twitter.

Has anyone tried #opendns domain tagging tool ?

"Il Tribunale di Milano ha ordinato a Cloudflare di bloccare l'accesso a tre siti BitTorrent, impedendo l'uso del suo servizio di resolver DNS 1.1.1.1."

Conoscete alternative che non siano #opendns e #googledns e che sopratutto non "loggano"?

#DNS #privacy

https://www.punto-informatico.it/cloudflare-deve-bloccare-accesso-siti-pirata/

Okay, I finished making a work-around to make #Voxi #Vodaphone user-friendly.

I set up #OpenDNS to use instead of the Vodaphone default DNS. This is a bit more private and faster. I also set up #ProtonVPN - this is more private, fast - not noticably slower than no vpn, and it disconnects me from Vodaphone sinister, random site-blocking / censorship.

Will see how it goes but if I have any other reason to distrust Voxi then I'll move on and try another service with higher ethical standards.

@Bristow_69 #opendns ?

Anybody else been having issues with #OpenDNS lately? I have them set as my upstream DNS provder in my #PiHole. A week or two ago I couldn't log into a government website because of issues with OpenDNS. Now, the last couple of days I've been unable to visit my Plex server if I use the plex(dot)tv website, but the apps work fine. Turns out both issues are resolved by switching to a different DNS. Anybody got any suggestions for good, #privacy respecting upstream DNS servers?

#OpenDNS now categorizes the #lbry website into pornography if you use their filters. That doesn't seem right.

SANS is reporting #OpenDNS outage related to larger #CenturyLink outage.

Which DNS server to use?

https://blog.frehi.be/2019/03/07/which-dns-server-to-use/

#Cloudflare #DNS #Google #OpenDNS #privacy #Quad9 #security

@helby@www.librepunk.club @Matter Also, sounds like the #Chomium way might work with #DNS filtering services like #OpenDNS, whereas #Firefox does not.

Which DNS server to use?

https://blog.frehi.be/2019/03/07/which-dns-server-to-use/

#Cloudflare #DNS #Google #OpenDNS #privacy #Quad9 #security

@frehi I use #Cloudflare, and previously I was using #OpenDNS. I have zero faith that Google isn't using their DNS for additional tracking, and my ISP has done some weirdly sketchy things, like inserting their own stuff into non-SSLed sites. I just don't trust them to not abuse DNS, and their uptime is worse than Cloudflare's.