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Quad9
Broadwood
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Never trust a financial institution.
Still studying at the University of Life.
Still studying at the University of Life.
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Free secure non profit, so who/what/how are they going to pay the bills if its FREE?Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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Never trust a financial institution.
Still studying at the University of Life.0 -
forgotmyname wrote: »Free secure non profit, so who/what/how are they going to pay the bills if its FREE?
Like this I suppose. In other words free to the end-user...The Quad9 service is free, but it does need to be continually funded. GCA is a non-profit—so the long-term growth of the service is based largely on government and industry continuing to fund it. GCA itself was funded initially with $25 million in criminal asset forfeiture directed to the organization by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
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Having read all that - https://connectsafe.norton.com/ - might be a better bet if Quad9 smacks too much of Big Brother.
Never trust a financial institution.
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+1 for Norton.
You could also take a look at Comodo DNS or Open DNS, although any of the three could reduce your browser speed (or increase it) depending on how close you are to their servers.
Try them all - they're free. For a quick and easy way to switch DNS settings try Dns Jumper.
Or alternatively you could try uBlock Origin adblocker and replace your existing hosts file with a modified one such as MPVS Hosts File which will give excellent protection against unwanted/dodgy connections. And it's quick.0 -
Quad9 is a great idea, but until it stops thinking halifax-online.co.uk is a bad site and not resolving it, then it might be a little awkward for some.0
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Quad9 is a great idea, but until it stops thinking halifax-online.co.uk is a bad site and not resolving it, then it might be a little awkward for some.
https://www.halifax-online.co.uk works ok on https://connectsafe.norton.com/
However - "halifax-online.co.uk" didn't.Never trust a financial institution.
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www.halifax-online.co.uk works ok on https://connectsafe.norton.com/
However - "halifax-online.co.uk" didn't.
I've just tried that experiment with other websites and they all work even missing the www off the front. Strange one.Never trust a financial institution.
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Is it a case that it blocks sites they do not want you to visit rather than sites that are harmful to your computer/security?
I thought google used 9.9.9.9 for a DNS? That seems really familiar, pretty sure ived used that in the past for something?Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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