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0 pointsdjsumdog7y ago0 comments

For people who know how, why not just run this stuff locally? Setup your own recursive resolver on an openwrt router? Or maybe in a hosted VM close to where you live?

I know Google and CF claim they don't track this DNS information, but why even use them when you can run your own. Keep in mind CF did have a software bug that spewed SSL traffic and passwords all over the Internet[1], and they took down a website once because their CEO didn't like it[2].

[1] https://blog.cloudflare.com/incident-report-on-memory-leak-c...

[2] https://fightthefuture.org/article/the-new-era-of-corporate-...

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h1d7y ago

When you simply run a packaged router at home that doesn't have the ability to do its own resolver, then you have to host it somewhere but since DNS can't do authentication, it's hard to keep it private.

I'd like to know a way to host your own resolver but keep it private even when you're on mobile IP.

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