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Re:Pirate Site Not Impressed by Global DNS Blocking Order by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Saturday August 05, 2023 @09:23PM (#37018029)
This Quad9 case proves that all open resolvers are not necessarily "equal" in terms of the DNS data they will provide. From what I have seen most folks using third party DNS either do not choose a provider, i.e., accept the ISP default, or choose a provider based on "which one is the fastest" or "which one is the most 'private'" or some other marketing. How many folks consider "which one offers the DNS data I want".

What stops Google from "self-censoring" DNS data so that the answers users get from 8.8.8.8 and 4.4.4.4 are optimised for advertising. It makes business sense.

Fortunately nothing in DNS protocol mandates using remote recursive DNS and caches shared with untrusted parties (including the so-called "tech" companies operating them). It is possible to query without the RD bit set and still get the DNS data from authoritative DNS servers instead of resolvers.

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Re:Pirate Site Not Impressed by Global DNS Blocking Order by radicality on Saturday August 05, 2023 @09:37PM (#37018123)
Small correction - I believe it’s 8.8.4.4 and not 4.4.4.4 for google dns. Mentioning this since I’m pretty sure I got this wrong myself in the past when setting up dns and I’m sure I’m not the only one.
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