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archive.today has issues with certain DNS eg. 1.1.1.1 aka Cloudflare.[0] It isn't geofenced, and simply using another DNS is the easy fix to your troubles here

by anjel 3y ago

archive.today has issues with certain DNS eg. 1.1.1.1 aka Cloudflare.[0] It isn't geofenced, and simply using another DNS is the easy fix to your troubles here. [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828702 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828702

cj 3y ago
The solution isn’t to switch away from Cloudflare DNS. Particularly when the most notable alternative is Google or my ISP DNS who sells my internet history to the highest bidder. I really wish the community would post links with a service that works on Cloudflare DNS.
- harry8 3y ago
  Wha? That is exactly the solution! Google is not in the first 100 of notable alternatives, is it? Really? It's so incredibly easy and vastly better. https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/ https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/
  - cj 3y ago
    I used a pihole for years but got rid of it after it started feeling like a job to maintain. It also doesn’t work on mobile unless on WiFi. Unless I also self-host a VPN I suppose.
    - harry8 3y ago
      wireguard is equally simple. Both pihole and wireguard are set and forget in my experience.
- anjel 3y ago
  Google is far from the only other viable DNS. https://www.quad9.net/ https://www.quad9.net/ is a fast privacy oriented DNS
  - jcrawfordor 3y ago
    archive.is also blocks quad9 now. pretty much every privacy-oriented DNS service doesn't provide EDNS, which means that whether or not archive.is blocks them depends on whether or not the operator has gotten in a mood yet.
harry8 3y ago
why anyone would use cloudflare for anything unless there were no other viable choice is beyond me. Honnestly, why? DNS has many, vastly better alternatives. edit: explanation I thought was common knowledge. Set "do not track" on your browser and watch cloudflare break the internet for you without your consent. Far, far too much centralized power. Just don't.
- cj 3y ago
  What DNS respects user privacy and is more reliable and fast than Cloudflare? I’d love to be convinced to switch.
  - harry8 3y ago
    https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/ https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/ You "trust" cloudflare ?
    - cj 3y ago
      Yes. I know the latest HN trend is to hate on Cloudflare, but I’ve had zero negative experiences even as a heavy user (dns and CDN and workers) even during the major downtime events. The negativity toward Cloudflare has always confused me. I don’t get it.
      - harry8 3y ago
        1. have no relationship with cloudflare. 2. turn on "do not track" 3. reach enlightenment.
- derekp7 3y ago
  If you have DoH (DNS over HTTPS) turned on in Firefox, I think it defaults to Cloudflare as a DNS provider. I can't remember if DoH is on by default with Firefox though.

by anjel 3y ago

cj 3y ago

The solution isn’t to switch away from Cloudflare DNS. Particularly when the most notable alternative is Google or my ISP DNS who sells my internet history to the highest bidder. I really wish the community would post links with a service that works on Cloudflare DNS.

harry8 3y ago
Wha? That is exactly the solution! Google is not in the first 100 of notable alternatives, is it? Really? It's so incredibly easy and vastly better. https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/ https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/
- cj 3y ago
  I used a pihole for years but got rid of it after it started feeling like a job to maintain. It also doesn’t work on mobile unless on WiFi. Unless I also self-host a VPN I suppose.
  - harry8 3y ago
    wireguard is equally simple. Both pihole and wireguard are set and forget in my experience.
anjel 3y ago
Google is far from the only other viable DNS. https://www.quad9.net/ https://www.quad9.net/ is a fast privacy oriented DNS
- jcrawfordor 3y ago
  archive.is also blocks quad9 now. pretty much every privacy-oriented DNS service doesn't provide EDNS, which means that whether or not archive.is blocks them depends on whether or not the operator has gotten in a mood yet.

harry8 3y ago

why anyone would use cloudflare for anything unless there were no other viable choice is beyond me. Honnestly, why? DNS has many, vastly better alternatives. edit: explanation I thought was common knowledge. Set "do not track" on your browser and watch cloudflare break the internet for you without your consent. Far, far too much centralized power. Just don't.

cj 3y ago
What DNS respects user privacy and is more reliable and fast than Cloudflare? I’d love to be convinced to switch.
- harry8 3y ago
  https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/ https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/ You "trust" cloudflare ?
  - cj 3y ago
    Yes. I know the latest HN trend is to hate on Cloudflare, but I’ve had zero negative experiences even as a heavy user (dns and CDN and workers) even during the major downtime events. The negativity toward Cloudflare has always confused me. I don’t get it.
    - harry8 3y ago
      1. have no relationship with cloudflare. 2. turn on "do not track" 3. reach enlightenment.
derekp7 3y ago
If you have DoH (DNS over HTTPS) turned on in Firefox, I think it defaults to Cloudflare as a DNS provider. I can't remember if DoH is on by default with Firefox though.