My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answering 8.8.8.8

Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by matz1 on Friday February 15, 2019 @11:35AM (#19172220)

To me its a reasonable trade off, the probability the google DNS server goes down is low and the amount of people who purposely block google dns is also low.

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by jackfraser on Friday February 15, 2019 @11:49AM (#19172366)

Sure, but don't we reserve the right to run our own split-horizon DNS servers and point fqdn's our devices want to resolve to anything we desire?

Don't like it? Use TLS and verify certificates.

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by nickspacek on Friday February 15, 2019 @12:14PM (#19172647)

I wonder why they aren't just using TLS and pinning certificates? I suppose they probably do, but furthermore want to ensure that they control the resolution of other services (e.g. Netflix) for the device.

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by matz1 on Friday February 15, 2019 @12:11PM (#19172627)

Sure, if the product doesn't fit your need then either build your own chromecast or use different product. I personally do not want to build my own so I'm perfectly okay with the trade off.

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by AlphaSite on Friday February 15, 2019 @12:50PM (#19172999)

My company blocks google dns.

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