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 kazinator on Friday February 15, 2019 @01:46PM (#19173542)

> If Google will fight that fight I'll happily enjoy the benefits.

Evidently, they are:

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by vetinari on Friday February 15, 2019 @07:21PM (#19176056)

And that's how we are going to get mandatory https proxies in networks... The arms race will continue, making the lives of everyone more difficult.

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by kazinator on Friday February 15, 2019 @08:04PM (#19176286)

A HTTPS proxy can't rewrite the contents of your stream. If it redirects to the wrong host, the cert doesn't match.

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by vetinari on Saturday February 16, 2019 @06:29AM (#19178174)

That's fine, it is not about rewriting stream, but about not allowing to connect certain hosts.

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by glennpratt on Friday February 15, 2019 @08:50PM (#19176472)

I will never install that cert, so it stops there for me. IT security theater be damned.

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