It apprears that NextDNS has removed No Google, No Facebook, and other blocklist without notifying users. One person said the NSA blocklist was also down. The company had made no responses to complaints on the community server when I checked earlier. Crickets…
I noticed Android and Linux being unable to access the app and web interface to confirm connections, starting some time on November 4th. I was able to switch DNS providers on Android and switch back, after which NextDNS seemed to work. On Linux however, systemd confirmed it was enabled but it went right to google’s webpage with no block.
If you’re on NextDNS, go check your domain filters ASAP. I switched to RethinkDNS, and it’s been decent so far. What is everyones preferred solution?
What is everyones preferred solution?
My Pihole couldn’t reach all the old NextDNS blocklists I subscribe to a few days ago. Makes sense now.
Bummer! Thanks for the heads up.
We should be able to manually enter them all. We should save them while we still can.
This is a privacy Lemmy group, why are people using a third party DNS server? There is Adgaurd Home, I do not use it I tried it but did not like it more than the alternative but I hear people like it. There is also Pi-Hole, I do use this and I have finally tuned it. I actually have pihole’s one for primary DNS and one for secondary DNS.
NextDNS works when you are not at home.
I was wondering if I could partition my phone and run it, but I don’t want to risk screwing it up.
I use Tailscale on my devices and my servers with pi hole so that I can set them as my dns no matter where I am. Works pretty well and lets me access my other self-hosted services as well.
So does my pihole. You should never trust your ISPs firewall/modem/router, never ever. You should have a hardware firewall/router and than you can set up a VPN into your LAN.
Some ISPs require you to use their router, and their router may not be configurable to support custom DNS or VPN access. For users in that situation third-party DNS can make sense.
