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infinitytec's avatar
infinitytec
Junior
7 years ago

CloudFlare DNS

Would there be any issues with changing the modem's DNS server to CloudFlare's 1.1.1.1?

I just want to make sure that the communications with the satellite won't go crazy.

Thanks.
  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    7 years ago

    infinitytec

     

    The next most popular (after Google's) is probably OpenDNS.  A lot of people use it.  

     

    I belive that OpenDNS also offers some customizable filtering options with "OpenDNS Home", though you don't have to do any of that and you can just use their DNS.  

  • MarkJFine's avatar
    MarkJFine
    Professor
    7 years ago

    infinitytec

    Recommend you do not do that just yet, but not for what you might think.

     

    I provide tech support to a web site that uses CloudFlare as a content distribution network (CDN). Periodically we get complaints from site users (mostly on weekends) of getting redirected to real sketchy sites (claiming to be Amazon -related, "you've won a prize", etc.), even after we've disabled all of the on-site ads and refreshed the DNS caches. The only conclusion, although impossible to prove, is that it may be coming from CloudFlare's DNS itself - possibly something residual from when they were hacked a while back.

     

    Use at your own risk.

    • infinitytec's avatar
      infinitytec
      Junior
      7 years ago
      Thanks for the replies!
      Since CloudFlare's DNS is potentially dangerous, are there any other suggestions? (Other than Google's. They have enough of my data already)
      • MarkJFine's avatar
        MarkJFine
        Professor
        7 years ago
        infinitytecwrote:
        Since CloudFlare's DNS is potentially dangerous

        That's just the thing, "potentially". Really don't know for sure. In theory, could also be a wayward WP plugin doing this (site owner sometimes just installs stuff to try out), but that's doubtful.

  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    7 years ago

    infinitytec

     

    It won't affect communications with the satellite or anything like that.  Actually, quite a few people with HughesNet use an alternate DNS, with Google's being the most prominent.  It looks like Cloudflare's secondary/alternate DNS is 1.0.0.1, so you'd want to use 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 for the primary and secondary, respectively.  

     

    Hope it works well.  :) 

     

    Edit:  I defer to Mark's reply below.  He knows better than I.