Set DNS Servers For All Wifi Networks

[Tom H]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11 September 2014 10:24, Patrick Asselman <iceblink at seti.nl> wrote:
>>
>> Using your own DNS server list can prevent you becoming victim of DNS
>> spoofing attacks.
>> It is definately a good idea to use your own DNS server list on a public
>> wifi spot.
>> (But it is not sufficient to really be safe!)
>>
>> http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~jain/cse571-07/ftp/cafecrack/#Section4
>
> Thanks for that Patrick.  It seems like a useful addition to NM would
> be able to specify DNS globally, or possibly better have a default
> setting so that new connections would use that DNS unless explicitly
> told otherwise.

You can set nameservers in the NM gui applet or by editing the
connection in "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/" with, for
example, "dns=8.8.8.8;8.8.4.4;" in the "[ipv4]" section.