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My provider's DNS sucks. I used to use OpenNIC for a while, but it was unreliable (though more reliable than Spectrum). I'm curious to know what you guys at pointing at for name resolution.

My provider's DNS sucks. I used to use OpenNIC for a while, but it was unreliable (though more reliable than Spectrum). I'm curious to know what you guys at pointing at for name resolution.

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Honest Al's Dead Nigger Storage is pretty good , and reasonably priced.

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I run my own DNS: --I have a computer which is kept running (on Slackware Linux) at home 24/7 as a personal "cloud" server and it is also running BIND ( https://www.isc.org/bind/ ). As a backup I use the free DNS service operated by Vertexxa. 45.33.97.5

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Pi-hole followed by cloudflare 1.1.1.1 as primary and google 8.8.4.4 as secondary.

DNS is a sad situation. You are getting fucking in the ass by someone.

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Then why would you use Cloudlflare and Google?? Cloudflare blocks IP's and Google tracks you. Hint: if you run linux on your machine it is pretty easy to operate your own local DNS system.

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Yes i could. I dont relish the wok involved, nor the space used, nor the bandwidth lost to keeping it in sync. I do that type shit all day every day for a living. I dont want to work on it @ home and I am too lazy to automate it.

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172.104.237.57 (Frankfurt, Germany) 172.104.49.100 (Singapore) 37.235.1.174 (Vienna, Austria) 37.235.1.177 (Vienna, Austria) 45.33.97.5 (Atlanta, GA, USA)

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I use OpenNIC servers using DNSCrypt and relays. My queries can't be traced back to me, my ISP can't intercept them, and OpenNIC is not going to be blocking "unapproved" domains at the DNS level.

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1.1.1.1

Only, it seems to have issues loading archive.is

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That's Cloudflare. I would not use Cloudflare's DNS. They say it is "Privacy Based" but they don't mention whether they block ("censor") certain IP's

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My understanding is that it's only private because 1.1.1.1 is like a default/placeholder IP for severs all over the world full of unindexed random junk data that is supposedly secure because of the sheer volume of the data makes it very difficult to search or index.

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My understanding is that it's only private because 1.1.1.1 is like a default/placeholder IP for severs all over the world full of unindexed random junk data that is supposedly secure because of the sheer volume of the data makes it very difficult to search or index.

Yeah, no. It's Cloudflare. They can and will block certain IP's. They could potentially redirect certain addresses as well. They never claim they don't.

Notice, that they say "faster and more secure." They don't mention anything like "open," "without redirects," "unrestricted," or "unlogged." *

Cloudflare is not necessarily your friend. They took down 8chan. They took down gab. They took down The Daily Stormer and others. They obviously enjoy being in control.

Don't kid yourself. Cloudflare is not in the business of "unindexed random junk data." Cloudflare is highly organized and knows what it is doing.

Also ask yourself, if it is a completely free service, why does a big company like this push so hard on their website to convince you that you should use it? (see link below) They say that you will want it because it is so much faster. Like I will really notice the difference browsing the internet when my DNS lookups take an extra hundredth of a second? Why would they promote a no-charge service, if there is nothing in it for them? I am skeptical of their altruism.

https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-1.1.1.1/

*They say they keep their logs for 24 hours for "debugging purposes" and tnen purge them. --So they admit to logging. --So not really "private" at all.

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I search everything by hand. IP addresses are my friend.

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I, too have all of the internet's IP addresses written down.

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not memorizing them

I miss the 90s.

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The 90s was a really fun time in computing for sure.

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Used OpenNIC for years but it got to where I couldn't find a reliable, stable server. For now letting Quad 9 sodomize me.