Hello,
for reasons that are not relevant to the question, my tor-node 'cannot'
function as an exit-node. However I was thinking that it would be possible
for me, to use iptables to force-route all outgoing dns-requests from the
tor-IP to my local dns-server, who would then make outgoing queries to it's
upstream dns-servers etc. Since we have a fast server and plenty of
bandwidth and reliable DNS (that do not much around with things), I think
this ould be helpful (in a small way) for improving DNS-resolution on the
tor-network.
However I can see how some people could see this as a negative thing,
because in cases where tor-users wanted to specifically talk with certain
DNS-Servers, or wanted to use non-dns udp-traffic on port 53, which for some
reason happened to look very much like dns-traffic, well, those people would
be annoyed, because they'd keep getting potentially "wrong" answers,
possibly in a way that they wouldn't be aware of right away.
Is there a policy on this? If not, I'd be interested in hearing opinions
(with arguments) about whether you'd find this helpful or hurtful; or
whether I should just forget about the idea.
Thanks and Regards
Herfel
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