Why “Resolver” is being discussed
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> TIL that filtering is on by default on the standard resolver (9.9.9.9). Their offering is explained in the first paragraph of the home page, in fact the h1 and page title cove…
by possibleworlds · Oct 23, 2026
> Using those threat intelligence feeds is optional, as the blog post indicates. 9.9.9.10 & secondaries have no filtering. TIL that filtering is on by default on the standard re…
by p-e-w · Oct 23, 2026
(context: I am the CTO of Quad9) Using those threat intelligence feeds is optional, as the blog post indicates. 9.9.9.10 & secondaries have no filtering. The threat feeds we off…
by johnhtodd · Oct 22, 2026
> also, doesn't DNSSEC prevent this anyway? As per usual, the answer is no. DNSSEC prevents resolver cache poisoning for trusted resolvers which validate DNSSEC. That is literal…
by peanut-walrus · Oct 22, 2026
> Does the fact I have written this resolver make me liable should it not block the domains they listed which may contain copyright infringing content? I use unbound and have a…
by koyote · Oct 22, 2026
The only thing I know of that operates somewhat like you are asking is Unbound itself, when it is not the server doing the root/tld lookups. One can configure Unbound with…
by Bender · Oct 22, 2026
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