Google Receives Piracy Shield Orders to Block Pirate Sites in Public DNS * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)

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[-] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 7 points 14 hours ago

Can someone considerably smarter than me, with time to spare, please just find a way to federate/decentralize DNS.

I can fathom that it is complicated, maybe even impossible in the current setup, but the internet we all grew to love dies a little bit more each time the mouth breathers try to restrict it on behalf of capitalism.

Maybe remembering ip addresses can fill the void of not having to remember phone numbers anymore?

[-] far_university1990@reddthat.com 23 points 14 hours ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and distributed name service

Already is. Run your own.

https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/

[-] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 5 points 10 hours ago

This reminded me of namecoin which is a block chain based DNS.

[-] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Thanks for this! I’ll read up on it.

The name unfortunately put me off from looking into it before. Basically anything with ‘coin’ in it just makes my brain go to crypto scam automatically these days I think.

[-] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 14 hours ago

I mean, as far as I know, DNS is decentralized. Anyone can host their own DNS server, or change which server their network/device uses. Google's is just very commonly used because 8.8.8.8 is easy to remember, but there are thousands of others run by entities big and small, and there's nothing stopping you from running your own (assuming you manage to get a hold of a static IPv4)

[-] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

You are 100% correct. The issue isn’t the infrastructure per se, but the usage of it.

By decentralizing, I guess I mean finding a way to remove the ability for a mega company like Google from being able to dominate the playfield.

The percentage of internet users that can or will bother to run their own DNS is way too low.

How easily DNS can be manipulated by any network for the average end user is the blessing and the curse it seems.

[-] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 14 hours ago

This is the correct answer. The only thing I would add is some devices don't allow changing the DNS IPs and are hard coded to 8.8.8.8 so Google blocking sites via DNS is still an issue. Of course you could intercept these requests, but with DNS over HTTPS becoming more popular, i would imagine that device manufactures will also start to do certificate pinning as well to prevent people from using their own DNS server.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 13 hours ago

HTTPS becoming more popular, i would imagine that device manufactures will also start to do certificate pinning as well to prevent people from using their own DNS server.

Why? Just BC fuck plebs?

[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 5 points 11 hours ago

why is everything getting worse

the answer is always money.

[-] Truscape@lemm.ee 4 points 13 hours ago

The answer is always DRM and monetization. If you didn't have enough reasons to not buy products with locked down software, here's even more reasons.

[-] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Do I need a static ip if I plan to only use it locally from my home network?

[-] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

What I suggest/have done:

Rent a cheap VPS in a non-five eyes country that comes with a static ipv4.
SSH on random port with certificate auth only. No root, no password auth.
setup WireGuard server with random port.
firewall block all incoming except ssh and WireGuard port at first.
set home server to connect via wireguard as sole client to VPS.
individually add any ports you want to go to the home server from the internet as NAT forwarded ports. Basically WWW -> VPS -> Home.
have a separate WireGuard VPN for outgoing from the home server.
profit?