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Resolving of Nameservers & Privacy

Open phelixbtc opened this issue 10 years ago • 2 comments

For example when resolving explorer.bit NMControl will query a DNS server giving away your ip address. explorer.bit value:

"map": { "": { "ns": [ "ns0.web-sweet-web.net", "ns1.web-sweet-web.net" ] } },

I had not expected it to do that. Not sure whether there is an option to disable lookups like this but IMHO it should be disabled by default.

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phelixbtc avatar Jan 30 '15 17:01 phelixbtc

There is already a config file option (and command line flag) to disable this. That code will be rewritten when we rebase on Unbound, but for now it's fine the way it is.

JeremyRand avatar Jan 30 '15 17:01 JeremyRand

It would be nice if the installer offered a choice on whether to enable or disable this by default. But that should probably wait since the relevant code will be rewritten.

JeremyRand avatar Jan 30 '15 18:01 JeremyRand