[tor-talk] difference ttdnsd and torrc DNSPort?

intrigeri intrigeri at boum.org
Tue Jan 10 06:50:37 UTC 2012


Hi,

hmoh at Safe-mail.net wrote (10 Jan 2012 04:24:00 GMT) :
> 2. If ttdnsd is better then torrc DNSPort, why the hasn't the
>    DNSPort code been replaced by ttdnsd?

One reason why we did not drop DNSPort in Tails, which using ttdnsd
for requests types DNSPort is not able to answer: using *only* ttdnsd
makes you rely on a very small number of upstream DNS servers; if you
do so, whatever hostname they decide does not exist any more, does not
exist anymore for you.

Cheers,
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