[tor-relays] Please do not use 9.9.9.9 as your DNS on an exit relay

Dave Warren dw at thedave.ca
Thu Nov 23 02:10:10 UTC 2017


On Wed, Nov 22, 2017, at 15:59, tor wrote:
> I wouldn't recommend Quad9 (9.9.9.9) for personal use either.
> 
> During some very brief testing I ran into performance issues like 1500 ms
> response times and UDP timeouts.
> 
> Also, via the Global Cyber Alliance, there is quite a bit of partnership
> with various government entities:
> 
>   https://www.globalcyberalliance.org/community-partners.html#partner-industries
> 
> This leaves many unanswered questions. What criteria is used to define
> "malicious" traffic? Who gets to add domains to the blacklist? Etc.

One note, 9.9.9.10 does no filtering, but sadly also doesn't enforce
DNSSEC. It has the same privacy policy and similar.




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