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Sorry Telstra but This is My F@ST 5355 Router

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 20 2020, @02:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the taking-back-your-hardware dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for GrandFireWizard:

Sorry Telstra but this is my F@ST 5355 router:

Roughly a week ago I decided to give https://pi-hole.net/ a go having endured yet another ad laden website. All went we'll[sic], installation was smooth and was up and running 15 minutes later.

All that remained was to set my routers(sic) DNS server to the pi's and my home devices would be safe. I remember seeing the option in there for it.

WTF, it was now disabled. A quick google around revealed that about a year ago (June 2017) Telstra simply decided to remove that functionality.

Surely it had nothing to do with the Australian government implementing DNS based censorship in June 2017?

So fuck you Telstra, that's my router you made me purchase. Time to find out how to take it back.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 20 2020, @05:34PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 20 2020, @05:34PM (#1024172)

    Doesn't work if the device uses hardcoded DNS entries. We are seeing more and more of this as companies look to eliminate the non-existing threat of DNS hijacking for mainstream consumers.

    In the name of security, they want to bypass authoritative DNS servers on the LAN and want to send the DNS lookup straight to centralized locations where it can be logged, monitored, recorded, and the info can be delivered straight to the 5-eyes.

    Don't believe me? Then why are companies pushing so hard to set up encrypted DNS that bypasses your authoritative DNS server? How can a company promise 0 logging, yet still comply with United States "National Security"? It's because they allow the NSA to do their own wiretapping and logging. Otherwise, fines would be levied against the companies of the DNS servers that would quickly put them out of business.

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  • (Score: 1) by dioxide on Tuesday July 21 2020, @03:21PM

    by dioxide (7248) on Tuesday July 21 2020, @03:21PM (#1024598)

    Sure but I wasn't talkin about the resolver the router uses, just the one it's reporting via DHCP.
    This will work, assuming your ISP doesn't hijack your DNS traffic behind the scenes.

    dioxide