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I'm just waiting until they try to ban TorrentFreak just because they talk about news and issues surrounding Bittorrent and file sharing.
EDIT: You can bypass this block by changing DNS servers on your device or modem/router. Here's a list of community-run DNS servers as part of OpenNIC
*Ele é rápido, mas NÃO use ele (nem Google, nem OpenDns, nem Quad9, nem GigaDNS, etc) se privacidade é importante pra você. *
Quer melhor privacidade sem ter o trabalho de manter um DNS próprio? Então essas são umas opções a considerar:
Melhor ainda se utilizar o Opennic com https://dnscrypt.info/
Um bom sub que trata do assunto: /r/privacytoolsIO
Neither. I use a self hosted DNS where I can, and when I can't, I use https://www.opennic.org/
Cloudflare actually has a terrible reputation for privacy, I have collected some links here for reading: r/sevengali/comments/8fy15e/dns_cloudflare_quad9_etc/
Google, of course, is also a disaster for privacy, I shouldn't need to go into much detail there.
FWIW, any DNS can have issues (hence why I self host my own), but I'd rather pick one that hasn't had issues in the past, unlike Cloudflare and Google. OpenNIC might be doing something dodgy, but I know Cloudflare is.
To follow up on this. You can take your hosting outside jurisdiction:
Use web hosting from a Swiss provider like SwissMade.Host and a domain name created and hosted on OpenNIC - it makes seizures a little harder to accomplish
>Google 8.8.8.8: Private and unfiltered. Most popular option.
I read reports that it is filtered, in some countries domains with torrents/mangers are blocked.
>Quad9 9.9.9.9: Private and security aware. New player that blocks access to malicious domains.
Quan9 is City of London Police, the same police department that tracks people on piracy websites by ads, I'm sure it's so much pro-privacy.
>Norton DNS 199.85.126.20: Old player that blocks malicious domains and is integrated with their Antivirus.
Dns from antivirus company? No thank you. Your antivirus is enough botnet.
>Yandex DNS 77.88.8.7: Old player that blocks malicious domains. Very popular in Russia.
We can assume that this company is highly influenced by Russian government. No thank you.
No link to OpenNIC? Community managed DNS servers with end-to-end encryption support (with dns-crypt), pro-privacy, anti-censorship with support for non-regulated domains (hello IANA/ICANN block tthis) like .name .bazar?
This article is literally garbage.
DNS is a service, not a network. There are alternatives for DNS root (like https://www.opennic.org, for example) and it's not difficult to create others.
Internet as a network is built around high throughput (backbone) routers: essentially you have one you can build yourself an (alternative) internet.
The point of the article is Russian capacity to cut underwater cables which many economies rely on for their communications (Russia doesn't have many which puts in advantage). Such event will only take place during a large military conflict when the "isolation" bit would be one of the lesser concerns for "the west".
προφανώς η γκουγκλ δεν αξίζει ίχνος εμπιστοσύνης, αλλά γιατί να αξίζει παραπάνω η cloudfare? μερικές υπηρεσίες που θεωρώ πιο έμπιστες:
A censorship tactic we have not seen yet, but I predict we will, is going after the home internet connections of individuals with undesirable ideas. How hard would it be to pressure ISPs and wireless companies to cut off or throttle a customer on the grounds they're misusing the service? They may even sneak in a "you agree not to use our service to promote hate speech" clause into the ToS so they have grounds for that.
EDIT: Regarding DNS alternatives, I stumbled across this: https://www.opennic.org/
Adblocking is going to cost between 5-10ms 95% of the time on top of whatever upstream DNS provider you've got set which may or may not be authoritative itself meaning it would have to forward requests on yet again. If you actually need to push your total response time south of 1ms then your best bet would be to run your own personal authoritative DNS server such as BIND9 or OpenNIC but the RAM usage is non-trivial. The less extreme and palatable option would be to run an extensive test of upstream servers using DNS Benchmark to find your absolute fastest. But frankly choosing speed over security especially for home use seems like a really misguided decision. For instance are you willing to let your DNS provider sell your queries to advertisers to save a couple ms? Are you really okay with your ISP or anyone else along the backbone seeing all your requests? Or being susceptible to all sorts of nasty DNS based attacks that could be prevented by enforcing DNSSEC verification?
What DNS are you using? If you don't know or you are using your ISP's then that's your problem. Use OpenNIC or Google.
Personally, I use OpenNIC because they have a much better privacy policy and ToS compared to Google (which will store logs of domain lookups, what IP they came from, and timestamp indefinitely).
Opendns is Cisco since 2015. I would not give my DNS records to Cisco personally.
There are alternatives as : https://www.opennic.org/ .
Hosting your own DNS is quite easy with unbound.
Do not forger about tls
Cloudflare are terrible for your privacy. Check https://www.opennic.org/
Posts on cloudflare worth reading:
r/privacy/comments/88ubrh/cloudflare_makes_it_harder_for_isps_to_track_your/
r/linux/comments/88be4g/cloudflare_dns_resolver_test_it_now_at_1111_1001/
r/privacy/comments/88qqjf/fastest_dns_from_cloudflare_privacy_first_hmmm/
r/privacy/comments/41cb4k/be_careful_with_cloudflare/
r/selfhosted/comments/88xuq0/cloudflare_launched_public_dns_resolvers_1111_and/
Based on some research https://www.opennic.org is my go to dns for privacy/anti-censorship. But its nice to have an non-google alternative anyway, whether its of questionable privacy wise, or not. (cloudflare)
No doubt they are just using this to discover which few websites are not already signed up into their centralized web. Once all the world is behind their system they can block all Tor users and demand a national ID card to access websites.
Speaking as one of the few users who took part in the private beta when they transitioned from from Project HoneyPot years ago - avoid CloudFlare like the plague that it is.
> edit-just found out they were bought out by cisco in 2015....
They also have the horrible track record of serving ad content when DNS resolving failed. They have stopped this but considering there are alternatives that never did this I'd skip them if possible.
I personally use freedns.zone, but I know others like dns.watch and also OpenNIC (which does more by having their own zones/TLD).
Switch your DNS servers. It's unlikely all NJ ISPs block based on the site's current IP. Let me know if you need help and we'll get you back in business, one way or another.
- 8.8.8.8
- 8.8.4.4
- 1.1.1.1
- OpenNIC
Cloudflare are terrible for your privacy. Check https://www.opennic.org/
Posts on cloudflare worth reading:
r/privacy/comments/88ubrh/cloudflare_makes_it_harder_for_isps_to_track_your/
r/linux/comments/88be4g/cloudflare_dns_resolver_test_it_now_at_1111_1001/
r/privacy/comments/88qqjf/fastest_dns_from_cloudflare_privacy_first_hmmm/
r/privacy/comments/41cb4k/be_careful_with_cloudflare/
r/selfhosted/comments/88xuq0/cloudflare_launched_public_dns_resolvers_1111_and/
IMO the desktop version work better than the android one, so a PC.
But if you want to go for an android device, be sure PT run well on it and check those:
- It can download and play movies without unexpectedly closing or freezing
- Subtitles are working (if needed), when casting too
- It can cast an entire movie without issue (not just 2 minutes, for me it bug after 1-3 minutes)
If I remember correctly PT don't work well with Mi Box and Shield TV.
Also as a general advice, set the device to use uncensored DNS (like google DNS or openNIC DNS), so it could bypass ISP blocking.
It's almost certainly DNS blocking, so the override would be to use a less scummy DNS provider.
- Google: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
- OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
- OpenNIC: Various
The OpenNIC Project maintains a list of alternative DNS servers that should be useful if someone is messing with DNS routing to degrade Internet connectivity.
I knew Cloudflare is kinda fishy that why I wrote here. Their 1.1.1.1. is I think new service and it's for replacing Googles 8.8.8.8. I dont't know much about DNS services, I was thinking of using https://www.opennic.org/ but there was conflicting info about privacy. Any suggestions? And I mean just DNS service not VPN.
Have you tried to use other DNS? Especially if you use your ISP DNS because sometimes they are ordered to block access to some domains at this level.
You can try the OpenNIC DNS or Google DNS, they could work better.
More decentralization than privacy, you can also use MITs servers like /u/malum_machina suggested for the same result. Like he stated, it's a whole lot better than using googles, att, verizon, microsoft etc. Hell, even opendns would be better than any of those.
I suggest setting this up at the router level and intercepting local dns traffic to ensure all devices on your network are using the dns server of your choice.
It is and has existed for a while now in the form of namecoin. Namecoin can also store other information which allow us to get rid of the current certificate infrastructure too.
Then there's the openNIC project
No, try https://www.opennic.org/ or https://dns.watch
>By using Quad9 the city is also leveraging an investment made by NYC. Quad9 was created, in part, by the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), a non-profit that was founded by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr., the City of London Police, and the Center for Internet Security, with a seed investment of asset forfeiture funds ...
The GCAs members are the City of London Police, New York City District Attorney, and the Center For Internet Security.
Domain Name Server. Bliver brugt til at slå IP-adresser op med baseret på navn. Ex: jp.dk -> 91.214.22.208.
Navne er noget mennesker kan relatere til og IP-adresser er noget computere kan relatere til. Du kan sammenligne det med en gammeldags telefonbog, hvor du ledte efter nummeret ved at slå op på navnet.
I DK bliver serverne desuden brugt til noget som de ikke er designet til, nemlig censur af uønskede navne. Der er tit problemer med DNS i Danmark hver gang de går ind og piller i dem.
Du kan bruge alternativer såsom https://www.opennic.org Så kommer du helt uden om deres crap.
I can download that hash from here. You may have a local apt cache or dns/route related issue. On the apt side of things, you can do 'sudo apt clean && sudo apt update'.
On the dns side of things, you may need to reboot your router or change to a better dns ip than whatever is on there now. If dns doesn't respond fast/accurately enough, subdomains may get skipped.
Lastly, if you can click on and download that link it's not either of those things, and it may be upset because the hash is wrong, in which case it's a security issue, and therefore leave it alone until ubuntu sorts it out.
Ubuntu 18.04 has no bearing on 16.04 aka Mint. The repos are separate.
OpenDNS may keep logs, idk. I haven't scoured the site to find out. But...
OpenNIC (https://www.opennic.org/) is essentially a clearinghouse for privately hosted DNS servers, some of which keep no logs or keep anonymized logs. If you go to Servers, you can see the features of the listed servers.
Storj, Maidsafe, and other things like that are interesting, but I think they are not really compatible with anarchist ideals. They are more in step with the libertarian crypto currency kind of society. Market forces will still dictate how much access you have to information and other network services. I think there are better examples of pushes towards an open internet, e.g. projects like https://www.opennic.org/
Sound like your ISP is blocking the popcorntime.sh and PopcornTime API domains.
Since the most common way they usually use to block domains is by faking DNS entries, I suggest you to try to change your network settings to use google DNS (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) or Opennic DNS (use the 2 first Ip listed on this page) and see if it fix your issue.
If you don't know how to change your dns settings, just google for it, there are plenty of how-to.
You should really be using OpenNIC rather than Google, since Google still logs DNS requests and will use them for commercial purposes, as well as any request from law enforcement.
Well, the DNS problem was solved a long time ago: https://www.opennic.org
As for web site censorship in general, that's kind of solved with things like TOR, though there are problems like the speed of the network. Also, TOR has its .onion domains, which is another solution for the domain name problem.
The real problem is going to be convincing the average person to care enough to install any software to allow them to work around the censorship. For example, Alex Jones is still out there if you look for him, but other than conspiracy theorists, who does? The average person doesn't care enough to go to bitchute and will just believe whatever they see on YouTube.
They don't need to win 100% of the minds. If they can get a good 90% then they can do anything they want.
OpenNIC
Looking for an open and democratic alternative DNS root? Concerned about censorship?
OpenNIC might be the solution for you! https://www.opennic.org/
My suggestions:
Or you can just use r/Bitmessage and forget e-mail. ;)
>I have a local static IP setup.
From your ISP or on your local workstation?
>But the only settings I found in the router for DNS were in the WAN IP settings, under "Use the following static IP address"
Yes, that's right. You put in the primary and secondary DNS IP's there(if it isn't populated already). You can use your ISP's DNS or any other one you like.
Pick whatever IP's make you happy, stick them in there, reboot the router and your workstation should pick up the DNS forward from the router. Assuming your workstation is DHCP. If your workstation is static, then you need to hard code the router IP as your workstation DNS.
Have you tried to use other DNS? Especially if you use your ISP DNS because sometimes they are ordered to block access to some domains at this level.
You can try the OpenNIC DNS or Google DNS, they could work better.
> My internet service provider should not be my only choice for DNS services, nor should it be considered a part of Internet service.
I'm not even sure how they could do that effectively. There are a variety of ways to bypass Reserve DNS proxies, and the ISP DNS is generally way slower than OpenNIC or OpenDNS in my experience.
> Either way, the government is too involved and should have much less to say.
Completely agree.
Usually the ones provided by your ISP, but in your case apparently not.
There are many public ones:
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using
You can also run this tester (GUI / python script): https://code.google.com/archive/p/namebench/
OpenDNS is owned by Cisco and they also log and profit off your data, as well as cooperating with the NSA.
If you can't host your own DNS, then use https://www.opennic.org/ and make sure you use DNSCrypt.
Maybe you cant access ci.popcorntime.sh because your ISP is blocking it.
What you can try is:
- To change your dns settings to use a uncensored dns: https://www.opennic.org
- or to access ci.popcorntime.sh via a webproxy: http://proxy.opennicproject.org/
I've used the volunteer run OpenNIC project.
Supports their own set of TLDs plus the regular ones.
Worked pretty well. You pick a server based on the criteria important to you (such as location, logging, IPv6, etc.)
Again all the replies are about tradutional domain names, but in reality you can have your own domain name without a registrar, I'm sure it's not what OP is looking for, but you guys need to learn more about it, check the opennic project, it's an interesting one https://www.opennic.org/, there are similar projects as well
Considering that I have often stepped into .onion sites, alternative less censored sites to more popular ones such as SaidIt in the case of Reddit (censorship on parts of Reddit has been a huge issue for me from time to time), onto the Fediverse, onto the hyperboria, onto alternative OpenNIC domains, and onto with pretty much any other alternative to the mainstream internet I have come across, I suspect that I would be very likely to step outside the bubble. But, I am probably an outlier to normal people. I find alternatives (which are often better than the original) to pretty much everything, including the mainstream internet.
What's to say? Do a search for free dns servers. I use one that's based just a few miles from me.
Here's a few resources. https://www.lifewire.com/free-and-public-dns-servers-2626062
You may be interested in OpenNIC. It offers alternate DNS servers with nice features like no logging and DNScrypt. It's a non-profit and the servers are all run by volunteers, so I have relatively low concern about conflicts of interest.
As others said you cant use gmail and escape the google clutches,protomail really is a good alternative.
obviously you should not use any google service, and start using other search engines
and which DNS are you using? i would suggest using https://www.opennic.org/
not only for google, but don't use social midia (facebook, instagram and etc.), switching to linux helps (windows 8 and 10 also collect data) (i would suggest mint or zorin fpr windows replacement or elementary for a mac os like interface)
and you should consider using a paid vpn service as it throws some of your online trail.
I think it's correct behaviour. Even if Firefox will be always on top with checking the list of TLDs, they will never be in touch with something like OpenNIC TLDs.
It was very easy and nice in Vivaldi, alongside with a proper tool for search engines creation they have customizable keywords there for every engine, so that you can use those keywords right in the address bar to choose a search that is not a default one (e. g. g cats for googling cats). I personally think this needs one more improvement - a visible list of all created search engines somewhere near the address bar, just like in the search bar - and the search bar can be considered officially obsolete. I have no idea why nobody have done that yet.
OpenNIC looks promising.
The biggest disadvantage is that sometimes the servers go down and disappear, then you have to manually change the DNS to something else to make it work again.
> make sure that the DNS you are using supports *.bit addresses. I think you can find some here https://www.opennic.org/ > > I just tested 51.15.98.97 DNS, this one resolves *.bit names.
Don't recommend centralized inproxies in this subreddit.
Maybe try switching DNS servers. I had a similar problem with a different game and that resolved it. I would recommend grabbing one from OpenNIC, especially one that doesn't keep logs (view all, look for purple man)
If it's not this and you're sure it's not your router or firewall, then best call your ISP.
{ "ip": "X", "map": { "*": { "ip": "X" } } }
Is the correct format. After the name is updated in the namechain make sure that the DNS you are using supports *.bit addresses. I think you can find some here https://www.opennic.org/
Cheaper than free?
Here's how to use Google's DNS:
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using
Here's Cloudflare's DNS:
https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-1111/
If you fancy your chances in the wild west version of things, you can look into OpenNIC:
https://www.opennic.org/
Any DNS you use can view every domain name request you make (not the full URL however, in the event of a web browse). Anyone with a portscan on any relevant wire can as well, with the exception of the few schemes that encrypt DNS requests.
Ah OK. I only started using Blokada when my favourite app updated and disabled the previous; modded version. In any case, network/device-wide blocking is a great way to go. In general, FOSS solutions like Blokada are much better than companies like AdGuard which seek to make a profit. Not just that, it refuses to work. I don't know why people are so ga-ga about it. If you are looking for DNSs that block ads and trackers there is Kaweon and https://www.opennic.org/. OpenNIC isn't currently an option on Blokada but you could easily key-in the DNS addresses. But, if you have a majority of the host lists enabled on Blokada, you should't need a specialised ad-blocking DNS anyway.
More info would be useful.
Is dhcpcd activated? You can check the output of # sv status /var/service/*, if you get a line like run: /var/service/dhcpcd: (pid xxx) xxxs then it is but it shouldn't so stop it, remove it and restart NetworkManager.
Then, what's inside your /etc/resolv.conf ? Eventually, you can make a copy then replace it with an OpenNIC dns ex: nameserver <code>193.183.98.66</code>, then, to prevent NetworkManager to overwrite it (unless you specifically configured NM not to touch your resolv.conf) you can make it immutable with # chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf, then restart NetworkManager.
The problem in this context is that the website isn't actually blocked, but your country's DNS servers prevent getting the real reddit.com ip address. DNS servers are what map domains to IPs. You can use a third-party DNS server instead. Go to your operating system's network settings and change the DNS server to 8.8.8.8 (google), 8.8.4.4 (google), 1.1.1.1 (cloudflare), or one of the many servers from OpenNIC.
maybe try editing your resolv.conf with real ip (from OpenNic f.e.) and make it immutable
# chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf
also was dhcpcd enabled when you tried connman?
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Not using any of those specific two is the safer option in my opinion.
But if you absolutely want not to use your default DNS, then you would probably prefer that all your DNS queries use the non default one, not just those of your browser.
Then, you would also prefer them to be encrypted, to have the advantages of both options, so you would have to install something like DNSCrypt-proxy that has DNS-over-HTTPS functionality.
But you would have to choose a DNS provider that you can trust not to log, not to censor, that is compatible with e.g. DNSCrypt, that is fast, and that doesn't go offline all the time. You could check for example if some in the OpenNIC project fulfill those criteria for you.
But you would need a really good reason to trust any non default DNS provider, for example your ISP censoring sites or inserting ads at the DNS level.
Hello all! This subreddit is kind of slow, but I thought some of you may be interested in OpenNIC's officially unofficial Discord discussion and support server. You can join us at https://discord.gg/6qTNcEE
Proof this isn't some random link (scroll to the bottom)
Note: I am a Tier 1 server operator at OpenNIC, and the main website (homepage) editor.
Hi everyone! I want to change my DNS provider and I stumbled upon OpenNIC Project. Still, there is not a systematic answer as to how good of a DNS provider it is.
For example, here, it is said to be not as efficient as other DNS provider. Whereas here they just listed it as one among the safest.
What can I trust ? How can I know OpenNIC is trustworthy ?
P.S: Of course, nothing is black and white. I just want to have the most accurate judgement regarding the DNS provider I will use.
Hi! This "too" complicated (for me i guess) . Just change your dns instead of the default one with this https://www.opennic.org.
On linux it's just editing ur /etc/resolv.conf file, i dont know about windows tho
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People online do report problems with Crackle freezing.
But, to be on the safe side, because you are having this same problem on the same app/channel (the same content server) on two different devices using the same wifi connection:
To troubleshoot this, you should probably pull out the power cords from your Roku, wifi router, and modem. Then, in order, plug back in the power cord to your cable/DSL/Fiber modem, wait 60 seconds, wifi router, wait 60 seconds, and then Roku. Also, reboot your Samsung Edge.
If the problem still persists, you could try setting new DNS servers in wifi router or modem, like OpenNIC's:
If the problem still persists, you could try contacting Crackle support and see if they can figure out the problem.
I personally went with https://www.opennic.org/ because of the blurb on their front page (pro net neutrality, free / volunteer run, & (hopefully) no hijacking). Picked the two closest servers with the best uptime...
It's urgent that you change that from 8.8.8.8 to whatever is your closest OpenNIC DNS server insteas, since Google logs DNS requests and can be legally coerced into handing that information over to authorities. OpenNIC servers do not log by default.
Just a heads up, /r/anarchism is not moderated by anarchists, which is why I linked /r/anarchismonline. Still a decent source for anarchist news and such though.
As for scuttlebutt, if you don't want to dig into tech, just download patchwork and run it. No real tech needed, it's just a .app for mac. And, like zeronet, it's a very easy way to just jump right into p2p stuff. I'll I've personally done so far is use patchwork and it works great.
>I agree wholeheartedly with the "dependency" thing. I'm still finishing up a college degree (don't get me started), but I want to start getting into solar and hydroponics, etc. so I can meet as many of my needs as possible on my own.
Great :). I think it's important to think about why you visit /r/rad_decentralization, and want to decentralize things. For me, it's a matter of removing a central authority, and restoring control of things to individuals and the community, rather than to a small elite. This means that my goals also include a variety of non-technical stuff. But perhaps that's not everyones' goal here.
Oh, I just remembered another thing you could do that's very easy. Switch your DNS over to OpenNIC. It's not decentralized, but still much better than existing name servers.
a ima i ovo ali nisam probao https://dnscrypt.org/dnscrypt-resolvers.html
oba ne loguju, i podržavaju DNScrypt, tako da tvoj provajder ne može da vidi šta ti tražiš od DNSa. Ali za ovaj prvi treba proveriti ceo spisak servera da vidiš koji ne loguju i podržavaju DNScrypt