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

[teor <teor2345@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On 18 Oct. 2016, at 13:25, Jesse V <kernelcorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 10/17/2016 12:34 PM, Hoshpak wrote:
>>> # chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf
>>> 
>>> Exact it works fine :)
>> 
>> Please only do this if your are sure your server is not running in a
>> Virtuozzo/OpenVZ container environment. On Virtuozzo, the startup
>> procedure includes scripts that rewrite resolv.conf and fail if they
>> can't write to it. In these cases you could be left with an unbootable
>> container and have to raise a support ticket with your ISP to make them
>> "fix" the issue by removing the immutable bit and starting the container
>> again.
> 
> Thank you very much for that tip. Cronjob is probably the way to go then.

Configuring tor with a separate ServerDNSResolvConfFile may be more
reliable, and would avoid race conditions.

Of course, that doesn't change the resolver for the rest of your system.

Tim

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