On 3/15/2023 9:58 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Hi All,
Fedora 37 bind-9.18.12-1.fc37.x86_64
I am running a caching DNS server on my computer.
I have the /etc/named.conf set to
# the following forwarders is Family Friendly Open # DNS (no porn sites): forwarders { 208.67.222.123; 208.67.220.123; };
Problem. Open DNS is specifically blocking tor.bravesoftware.com, screwing up my Brave Browser Private Windows with TOR.
The workaround is to temporarily switch to google as my forwarder, and let Brave Browser download the required Tor daemon, then switch back.
So, next time I need a new daemon, I thought of just hard coding tor.bravesoftware.com into /etc/hosts, but I do not have such a critter in my system
Q1. that on purpose? Did Fedroa drop /etc/hosts?
Q2. If I created my own hosts, would it be read first or after named?
Q3. Is there a way to hard code tor.bravesoftware.com into named?
Many thanks, -T
On 3/15/23 19:16, Bill Cunningham wrote:
I checked those DNS resolvers out of curiosity. Indeed porn is blocked. Cool. I don't have any kids or anyone I want to limit in mapping from getting to porn sites, so I trust myself. :) Nice though.
B
I don't trust myself to not klutz click on something that sends me to a porn site seething with viruses.
I can see why Open DNS would block tor.bravesoftware.com as it would be a method of bypassing the porn blocks.
When I am on Tor looking up things that are nobody else's business, I reply on the onion to keep reverse logging from getting back to me.