Noisy: Random DNS, HTTP/S traffic noise generator

Re:Noisy: Random DNS, HTTP/S traffic noise generator by AndyMcConachie on Thursday September 06, 2018 @02:29PM (#17928336)

If you're worried about getting in trouble for some HTTPS or DNS traffic then why would you trust this? Someone snooping on your traffic could see you generating traffic that looks incriminating.

If you're not worried about getting in trouble for some HTTPS or DNS traffic then why would you use this?

In short I don't understand the use case for this script. Anyone analyzing your traffic looking for specific DNS requests or specific SNIs will still see them.

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Re:Noisy: Random DNS, HTTP/S traffic noise generator by DyslexicAtheist on Friday September 07, 2018 @04:33AM (#17932726)

there are interesting application scenarios for noise-generation¹ and can be a valid OpSec strategy depending on the purpose of the operation. It isn't a catch-all or even substitute for any other mechanism (adblockers, pi-hole etc) and can have side-effects.

¹https://iotdarwinaward.com/post/improve-your-privacy-in-age-...

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Re:Noisy: Random DNS, HTTP/S traffic noise generator by redwards510 on Thursday September 06, 2018 @02:40PM (#17928456)

As the author mentions in the readme, one use case is to obfuscate your online advertising profile by flooding it with random data.

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Re:Noisy: Random DNS, HTTP/S traffic noise generator by endymi0n on Thursday September 06, 2018 @04:01PM (#17929113)

Without using a real headless browser running JavaScript AND accessing a browser cookie store to distribute the fake traffic on the event tracking of all gazillion tracking cookies you‘re already identified with, this approach is utterly useless for the purpose intended. Even for trackers using IP+Fingerprint (which nobody I know is seriously using these days anymore), you‘d have to spoof the user agent of the regular browser.

Sorry to say, but you‘ll be much better off with an adblocker.

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Re:Noisy: Random DNS, HTTP/S traffic noise generator by ryan-c on Thursday September 06, 2018 @05:20PM (#17929655)

I think this is intended to screw with tracking being done by your ISP.

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Re:Noisy: Random DNS, HTTP/S traffic noise generator by jlg23 on Thursday September 06, 2018 @07:14PM (#17930468)

Your ISP has more options to identify you than a random 3rd party advertisement/tracking partner...

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Re:Noisy: Random DNS, HTTP/S traffic noise generator by trolleyhacker on Thursday September 06, 2018 @10:05PM (#17931380)

Read up on China and VPNs. A lot of providers and individual are now using obfuscation techniques to circumvent the Great Firewall.

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Re:Noisy: Random DNS, HTTP/S traffic noise generator by badrabbit on Friday September 07, 2018 @12:00AM (#17931785)

+1 they do protocol detection as well. If blocking is all they want,fingerprintig is cheaper than DPI.

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