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Re:Ask HN: Why is Oblivious DoH needed at all? Wouldn't any proxy do t... on Thursday December 10, 2020 @12:37PM (#25376161)
Exactly what I think. I don't understand why ODoH is such a big splash.

Ask HN: Why is Oblivious DoH needed at all? Wouldn't any proxy do the job?

Posted by pcwrt on Thursday December 10, 2020 @10:33AM
from the ask-hn dept.

With DoH, query integrity and confidentiality are already guaranteed. The only additional ask for something like ODoH is to hide the client IP address from the DNS. For which, any proxy will do. Why bother to go through all the complexities to create ODoH?If you want to see some details, I compared ODoH with a plain HTTP proxy here:...

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Re:Improving DNS Privacy with Oblivious DoH on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @06:52PM (#25367311)
Totally agree. Just posted my own question here: https://www.pcwrt.com/2020/12/oblivious-dns-over-https-vs-do...
Re:Improving DNS Privacy with Oblivious DoH on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @06:48PM (#25367251)
Use a VPN then.
Re:Improving DNS Privacy with Oblivious DoH on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @04:41PM (#25365572)
Serious question, why do we need ODoH at all? Isn't a plain proxy good enough to achieve this? https://www.pcwrt.com/2020/12/oblivious-dns-over-https-vs-do...
Re:What does Oblivious DoH do that a plain HTTP proxy can't? on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @04:11PM (#25365064)
Every benefit mentioned in CF's post seemed achievable with a plain old HTTP proxy. Why bother with ODoH at all? Am I missing anything?

Ask HN: What do you think of this VPN router feature?

Posted by pcwrt on Monday December 23, 2019 @12:46PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Our WiFi router supports three VPN protocols out of the box. And, considering that people don't always want to be on a VPN, it lets you create two WiFi networks, one with VPN and one without.We are thinking about adding a feature that would route you through the VPN for some domains and not utilizing the VPN for other domains, when you are connected to the VPN enabled WiFi network. For example,...

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Re:Show HN: A small bootstrapped independent VPN company in the Nether... on Monday November 25, 2019 @02:18PM (#21631676)
Since this is OpenVPN & IKEv2/Ipsec, our router should be able to work with it - making it available to devices other than Apple's. https://www.pcwrt.com/2019/02/how-to-set-up-a-vpn-client-con...