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What happens if you set your firewall to block 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4?
by sgroppino 7y ago
What happens if you set your firewall to block 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4?
- SamuelAdams 7y agoIt bricks the device. See these previous discussions. [1]: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/dnsop/WCVv57IizUSjNb2RQNP84fBclI0 https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/dnsop/WCVv57IizUSjNb2R... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19170671 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19170671
- amaccuish 7y agoYou can use an iptables rule on your router to rewrite the address to your custom server, which I have done specifically because Google devices were ignoring DHCP. Something like... iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 53 -j DNAT --to x.x.x.x:53 ...should work, and repeat for tcp