one fine day, DNS stopped working.

the reason this time was NOT on the server-side, but on the Google side, blocking all DNS servers that are NOT google.

while this can be understood in the terms of CyberSec:

+ (manipulation of DNS servers, forwarding visitors of banking.com to a malicious website, that looks exactly like the original site).

– it is another step towards more internet surveillance, as a DNS server is de-facto asked EVERY time a client makes a connection to domain.com

possible solution: tunnel all traffic over tor or a trusted VPN provider (until tor is blocked, then change ISP (Internet Service Provider)

mass surveillance is real & cencorship is real:

HURRAY!

# asking Lightning Wire Labs' DNS Server: "what IP address has google.com?"
dig @81.3.27.54 google.com -t A

# a day later: it’s working again, technical defect, can not be ruled out, but is unlikely because many DNS servers were not available including https://doh.libredns.gr/dns-query

; <<>> DiG 9.16.33-Debian <<>> @81.3.27.54 google.com -t A
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

dig @62.133.35.15 dwaves.de -t A

; <<>> DiG 9.16.33-Debian <<>> @62.133.35.15 dwaves.de -t A
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

# in contrast, when asking DNS server of google:

dig @8.8.8.8 google.com -t A

; <<>> DiG 9.16.33-Debian <<>> @8.8.8.8 google.com -t A
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 47191
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;google.com.			IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
google.com.		66	IN	A	172.217.16.142

;; Query time: 48 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Tue Jan 03 12:41:29 CET 2023
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 55


# cloudflare
dig @1.1.1.1 google.com -t A

; <<>> DiG 9.16.33-Debian <<>> @1.1.1.1 google.com -t A
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 38750
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;google.com.			IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
google.com.		72	IN	A	142.250.184.206

;; Query time: 44 msec
;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1)
;; WHEN: Tue Jan 03 12:35:09 CET 2023
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 55

Solution: switch to Tor Browser Bundle instead of default Firefox

while thunderbird works flawless via this proxy settings, firefox seems to have problems connecting to SOCKS4 proxy? (#wtf actually?)

sometimes it works sometimes not.

so it might be recommended to “abandon” firefox default and user tor browser bundle per default.

It is also possible to use uBlock Adblocking extension, when enabled to run in “private mode”

  1. get the tor browser bundle: https://www.torproject.org/download/
  2. migrate all bookmarks via -> export to bookmarks.html
  3. use a separate password manager or simply plain encrypted text file
  4. enable adblocking:

Alternative: continue to use Firefox default, but with local Tor Proxy

this is not working very smooth. (it works fine with thunderbird, but not with firefox #wtf?)

  1. get the tor browser bundle: https://www.torproject.org/download/
  2. open up firefox settings: Edit -> Settings or SandWichMenu top right -> Settings
  3. type: “proxy”
  4. while u are on it:
  5. star tor browser bundle!
  6. start firefox!
  7. it should connect, with less surveillance but a bit slower 😀
  8. HURRAY! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

what about youtube?

Youtube (bought by Google in 2006 for $1.65 billion) is frequently blocking connections from Tor network.

Try this: https://youtube.076.ne.jp/ <- paste in YoutubeVideoID, should find it 🙂

run a tor bridge

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