[TriLUG] ATT gigabit internet quick review

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

AT&T does not block external DNS requests, they just don't let you change
the DNS addresses that the router hands out by default with DHCP requests.

-Wes

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Wesley S. Garrison
Network Engineer
Xitech Communications, Inc.
phone:  (919) 260-0803
fax:       (919) 932-5051
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On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Alan Porter via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

>
> > OpenDNS (208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220) is another
> > alternative, but some people feel that it messes with DNS
> > too much, similar to the problems discussed above.
>
> Note that OpenDNS is now part of Cisco.
>
> That might be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on what
> you're looking for.
>
> If your hat is made of tin foil, then maybe it's not for you, and
> maybe you want to run a fully recursive resolver like unbound.
> But if you would just like an easy-to-manage filtered DNS,
> suitable for family use, then sign up for a free account and
> use it to the fullest.
>
> I have done both, at different times.  I am currently using
> OpenDNS as Cisco markets it, and it's pretty cool.  Occasionally,
> I have to address a "please whitelist this" request from my kids,
> but that only helps to remind me that it's doing its job.
>
> Alan
> (only briefly a Cisco employee)
>
>
>
> PS - One point that was not clear to me from the earlier discussion
> was whether AT&T was simply offering its own DNS servers as the
> default via DHCP assignment, or if it were somehow blocking or
> intercepting traffic that was intended for external DNS servers.
> That distinction makes all the difference in the world.
>
>
>
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