Telstra Infiltration?

[Matthew Rossi]

OpenDNS is great, but it is a pain in the ass to set up on ubuntu...

If you have a proper wireless router, or a Windows/Mac Machine, then it's
worth it

On Jan 20, 2008 8:57 AM, Daniel Mons <daniel.mons at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> Shane Handley wrote:
> > Thanks for the explanation Stuart.
> >
> > Predictably their opt-out instructions do not include Linux:
> >
> > http://websearch.bigpond.com/bpdnshelp.do
> >
> > I changed my DNS settings, but to no avail.
> >
> > Can anyone rid me of these bastards? I get stabby whenever I see that
> > logo. Or is this something I will be forced to deal with as a BigPond
> > user?
>
> 1) Install BIND on your system (sudo apt-get install bind9).
>
> 2) Set your machine's DNS resolve to be 127.0.0.1 (localhost).  The
> easiest way is to edit your /etc/resolv.conf to have localhost as the
> only name server (sudo echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" > /etc/resolv.conf).
>
> 3) Close all Firefox windows (this is important, as Firefox will only
> read DNS changes on startup).  If you have multiple users on your system
> (via fast user switching, etc) close their sessions too.  Reopen
> Firefox, and be free of Telstra's DNS.
>
> BIND9 by default does not have any forwarders supplied, so it will do
> name resolution directly from the root nameservers:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_nameserver
>
> You may find your DNS resolution slower than normal for the first few
> minutes of web browsing, as you have to go out of the Telstra network to
> resolve names.  But BIND9 caches data, so after a few minutes you'll
> actually find it will be faster (particularly if you're browsing around
> inside a few sites).
>
> I use BIND9 with root nameserver resolution on all home and business
> systems I configure (I usually put it on a central firewall or proxy
> machine so the whole LAN/WAN can use it, and all share the DNS cache).
> I have had bad experiences with ISP-supplied DNS servers too many times
> in the past, and find it infinitely more reliable to handle DNS
> "straight from the horses mouth", as it were.
>
> As another option, I have heard good things about OpenDNS:
> http://www.opendns.com/
>
> But I've never used it myself, so I can't comment.
>
> -Dan
>
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