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  • nymnympseudonym@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    8 days ago

    This decision … forces Quad9 to block the recursive DNS resolution for a number of domain names for users located in France.

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    For us, recursive DNS resolution is a neutral and passive service. We categorically refuse to alter or lie to you about the DNS responses you receive in a way that opposes your expectations.

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    a Qatari company with offices in France, previously sought to force Quad9 to block resolution for a set of domain names they assert are participating in copyright infringement of its audiovisual rights on sports event broadcasts

    • nymnympseudonym@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      Interesting to note the impact this may have on privacy projects for users in France. For example Monero uses Quad9 as its first choice but at least has fallbacks.

      static const char *DEFAULT_DNS_PUBLIC_ADDR[] =
{
  "9.9.9.10",           // Quad9 unfiltered (Switzerland)
  "149.112.112.10",     // Quad9 secondary (Switzerland)
  "185.222.222.222",    // DNS.SB (Germany)
  "45.11.45.11",        // DNS.SB secondary (Germany)
  "194.150.168.168",    // CCC (Germany)
};