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Comment by akerl_

6 months ago

So… why not use 1.1.1.1, cloudflare’s resolver that does not block resolution?

1.1.1.2 and .3 are explicitly offered with filtered responses.

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surgical_fire  6 months ago

I used to use 1.1.1.1. I still had issues.

Quad9 behaves exactly as I expect a DNS to work, in the sense that I only remember I use it when the topic of DNS pops up.

  • akerl_  6 months ago

    Your claim was that 1.1.1.1 was blocking sites.

    Are you saying now you just had issues with the quality of service? Or do you want to provide more details to substantiate the claim that they were blocking sites?

    • surgical_fire  6 months ago

      No, I do not keep any logs from domain name resolution from the DNS service I used from 7+ years ago. If you do, I commend you.

      I used the term "blocking" in a loose sense. I have no idea if Cloudflare was failing to resolve certain domains because it is a shitty service, or if it was ordered to block those domain names by its government, or if it was actively not resolving domain names because it thought a good idea to be a sort of arbiter and gatekeeper. I suspect the last option, but it is just speculation.

      What I can affirm is that I had issues more than once with domain name resolution when I used 1.1.1.1. After it annoyed me enough I switched to Quad9, and it has been great ever since, which is why I recommend it as a user of their service.

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hirako2000  6 months ago

Because that would be subject to the whim of the provider, who subject to court orders would have to oblige to continue operating as US entity.

  • akerl_  6 months ago

    How does that differ from Quad9? You’re subject to Swiss laws, so there’s still a government involved? And you’re now hosted in an area where the US government has far fewer limitations on what they can attempt.