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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by JohnFen on Friday February 15, 2019 @02:19PM (#19173838)
> On the other, $%#@%#$%!$@# the %$#%#$%^$#@%#$! packet filters that block DNS packets to everyone except the local brain-damaged resolver.

Curse it all you want, but forcing all DNS lookups to be resolved by a particular server is often an important security measure.

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by glennpratt on Friday February 15, 2019 @08:40PM (#19176437)
Lolwut? Seriously, what serious exploit would be stopped by this.
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