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why should DNS be handled at the system layer and not by applications? There's zero controls in place to stop this so I don't see why it's assumed that every ap
by crispyporkbites 6y ago
why should DNS be handled at the system layer and not by applications? There's zero controls in place to stop this so I don't see why it's assumed that every application developer will want to use system defaults and not override it.
- gumby 6y ago> I don't see why it's assumed that every application developer will want to use system defaults It's the user's machine not the application developer's.
- kibwen 6y agoAnd users get to decide which applications to install. Tunneling has been a thing for decades; likewise for malicious programs. Vigilance when installing programs on a networked device has always been and remains necessary.
- crispyporkbites 6y agoBut it’s not under the users control if they install an app- there’s nothing hard that prevents the abuse. Now if the OS had a system wide / network level proxy that checks the correct DNS calls are getting made and overrides with a user chosen default, then you’d have something. But we don’t, we just have a default
- j16sdiz 6y agoBecause, DNS, like default gateway and ip address, are configured by DHCP? Zoned DNS server for intranet is very common.