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Set DNS to Google and do dig +short TXT whoami.ds.akahelp.net Then set to other DNS provider and do the same You will see that Google DNS is delivering ECS which helps with directing traffic to nearest CDN. I have quite secure DNS setup but still forward some queries to Google DNS (HBO, Spotify, etc.) just to take advantage of using ECS.
I've seen this been done before, and IME it's reasonable behavior. I've seen so many instances of computers configured with DNS servers which are extremely slow, or provide garbage results, that adding a known good DNS server to the list, and then parallel resolving across all of them is a perfectly legitimate thing to do.
We hardcode known good DNS servers in IoT devices that we ship from work because a significant proportion of issues being reported by customers were caused by ISP resolvers doing things they shouldn't - mostly either redirecting all domains to a splash screen telling people about bandwidth quotas/other things, or not respecting the TTL returned by our resolvers, which could cause data to get directed to the wrong pla…
There should be a better way to fight it, but I fear Google may win here because I haven't been able to find anything wrong with the way their servers work. I.e., 8.8.8.8 isn't doing anything evil afaict... Yet.
Jared Mauch's response was pretty rude. I don't mind defaults, but I do not like the inability to change. I wonder if it was clearly documented as a device requirement that 8.8.8.8 was needed. All prerequisites of function should be in the Quick Start Guide of the tool in question. Furthermore, users aren't always in control of the firewall/ACL on their network. If I go to Jack's Organic Coffee for a meeting and they…
Jared Mauch's response was pretty rude. I don't mind defaults, but I do not like the inability to change. I wonder if it was clearly documented as a device requirement that 8.8.8.8 was needed. All prerequisites of function should be in the Quick Start Guide of the tool in question. Furthermore, users aren't always in control of the firewall/ACL on their network. If I go to Jack's Organic Coffee for a meeting and they…
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We don't know what that ratio is, as we don't track it, and I'm skeptical that anyone does.
shrugs I wasn't referring specifically to HN, nor was I trying to suggest I know the exact ratio. What I know is it's extremely unlikely that this story is being upvoted because of that given that 1. A lot of people upvote on title alone (I'll die on that hill); 2. Not many people know who Paul Vixie is; 3. Those that do might not notice the name in the UI/email (I certainly didn't).
The top comment on HN explains who Paul Vickie is. I believe people tend to read comments before reading the article or voting.
I'm always shocked at how easy it is for people to fall into the "Google is evil!!1" trap on such trivial stuff (and funnily enough, much more serious privacy issues related to Google are ignored/downvoted). Hardcoded DNS servers are common. Extremely common in a bunch of IOT devices, given how broken some ISPs are. This is a non-story and the only reason it's being upvoted is because Google is doing it, and they als…
It's being upvoted because the issue was raised by none other than the father of DNS.
I've seen this been done before, and IME it's reasonable behavior. I've seen so many instances of computers configured with DNS servers which are extremely slow, or provide garbage results, that adding a known good DNS server to the list, and then parallel resolving across all of them is a perfectly legitimate thing to do.
But this is Google, and people here have iPhones, so sharpen those pitchforks and light the torches. It's really getting out of control at this point.
It's not new, and but limited to Chromecast Ultra, I detected this from several Android devices (phones) pre-Pie and configured my firewall to redirect those requests to my own DNS. Regardless of their reason, many of us don't want to use Google DNS and the just using their control over these devices to force people to 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4. I haven't checked how Pie behaves yet but it provides an option in the UI to speci…
If people don't push back against these kinds of things, Google will continue to abuse their power. There shouldn't be an army of apologists here making excuses for them.
As far as a solution goes, they can simply make 8.8.8.8 a fallback when something goes wrong. It's a disturbing trend to see them forcing things like this upon users.