[tor-talk] Who controls Tor's DNS Traffic?

Roman Mamedov rm at romanrm.net
Thu May 10 22:08:54 UTC 2018


On Thu, 10 May 2018 21:53:00 +0000
nusenu <nusenu-lists at riseup.net> wrote:

> I had a look at the Tor DNS landscape:
> 
> An Analysis of the Tor DNS Landscape
> https://medium.com/@nusenu/who-controls-tors-dns-traffic-a74a7632e8ca

"Level 3" on the charts is most likely the notorious 4.2.2.2...4.2.2.6.
Those absolutely should not be used, aside from all the other reasons outlined
in the article, they also hijack NXDOMAIN results for monetization of the user.

https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/3sm36w/level3_42214222_dns_servers_redirecting_to_search/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7119765

---
$ host do-not-use-4-2-2-x-they.are-crap 4.2.2.2
Using domain server:
Name: 4.2.2.2
Address: 4.2.2.2#53
Aliases: 

do-not-use-4-2-2-x-they.are-crap has address 198.105.254.11
do-not-use-4-2-2-x-they.are-crap has address 198.105.244.11
Host do-not-use-4-2-2-x-they.are-crap not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
---

CIDR:           198.105.240.0/20
NetName:        SEARCHGUIDE
OrgName:        Search Guide Inc

-- 
With respect,
Roman


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