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Re: tor with OpenDNS as default DNS, using Firefox+FoxyProxy



--- On Thu, 4/16/09, Andrew Lewman <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Andrew Lewman <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: tor with OpenDNS as default DNS, using Firefox+FoxyProxy
> To: or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 8:35 PM
> On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:42:56 -0700 (PDT)
> Tripple Moon <tripple.moon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > By "personally chosen domains" i mean, to be
> exact, domains that
> > serve advertising. IMHO, having access to adverts is
> not part of the
> > info a user actually is searching for in its normal
> browsing work.
> > (exceptions are far less as the majority of
> regular-usage) IMHO by
> > blocking these domains the tor-network will speedup
> considerably
> > because there won't be need to transfer "that
> garbage" :)
> 
> For the same reason I don't use a 3rd party blacklist
> for spam
> filtering, I don't want my traffic filtered by a tor
> exit node.  If you
> do, great, but don't force it on everyone else.  
> 
[cut for clarity]
I felt warm while agreeing with you there :D
That's why i have setup privoxy now.
But i still have a problem with DNS (still on-topic :P).
My relay needs a public accessible "non-poluted" DNS-server, so it won't get flagged as bad-exit.
Hmmm would it help to reject port 53 as exit in this case?
> I use a firefox extension called Request Policy to not grab
> different domains than the one I'm requesting, many of which
> happen to be click-tracking and advertising networks.
> For now, coupled with torbutton, this is all I need.  
Hmm i never used that extension, thx for mentioning it, i will surely look it up soon.