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greyowl
CloudFlare is offering a free DNS service which is suppose to be faster and more secure than the ISP.
I am wondering if this is worth trying.
I read the instructions for Linux setup on the website but was not able to figure out how to set it up on antiX. The instructions are at https://1.1.1.1/
If your think this is worthwhile, please help me set it up for a try. I am using Pale Moon browser.
Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)
dolphin_oracle
clicktician
Some things about Cloudfare need a bit more clarification than I can glean from their website.
IPv4 address ranges, 1.1.1/24 and 1.0.0/24, are reserved for research use.
The Cloudfare servers at 1.1.1.1 are part of a 5 year experiment being conducted in partnership with the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC).When Google as working on rogue traffic analysis, it also partnered with APNIC and used the addresses 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 to analyze the unsolicited traffic directed at them. At the time, the APNIC designated them as “dark traffic addresses”, and according to ZDNET, there was about 50 gb/s of noise that was intercepted.
I am not sure about the interests of the APNIC and Cloudfare, and comments by their chief scientist Geoff Huston ( blog post attached ) aren’t as specific as I’d like. Google’s DNS service makes sense to me because they are in the business of knowing all they can about people’s internet traffic, and they are experts at monetizing such information. I wish that Cloudfare and APNIC motivations were clearer.
Thank you for the information.
Maybe, I should avoid this since it appears over my head.Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)
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