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Re: [tor-relays] Why do 40% of Tor exits uses 8.8.8.8 for DNS resolving ?



Maybe Tor could at least warn you when you're not using a local resolver?


On Oct 16, 2016 7:50 AM, "Ralph Seichter" <tor-relays-ml@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 16.10.16 14:33, Tom van der Woerdt wrote:

> Why doesn't Tor just link with a dns recursor, instead of relying on
> the user to get the configuration right?

It is not Tor's job to meddle with resolving DNS entries, and the notion
of "getting it right" varies. Asking Tor operators to think about their
resolvers is one thing, but interfering is quite a different story.

-Ralph
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