Re: dns interceptors

[Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon () cox net>]

On 2/14/2010 11:42 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> On Feb 14, 2010, at 12:37 PM, Jason Frisvold wrote:
> > On Feb 13, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
> > > i am often on funky networks in funky places.  e.g. the wireless in
> > > changi really sucked friday night.  if i ssh tunneled, it would multiply
> > > the suckiness as tcp would have puked at the loss rate.
> >
> > You can always run your own local resolver...  Or is there a reason that's unacceptable?
>
> How does that help?  It still sends port 53 requests to the authorities, which will be intercepted.

I don't have access to a trustable network to tunnel to.  (Or at least I
don't know how to.)

I wish some enteprenure would start a subscription service to provide
honest DNS (and maybe authenticatrd outbound email) that I could point
to regardless of to where I may have wandered.

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