Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Got DNS issues?

I have yet encountered a residential ISP that doesn't have DNS issues.  So what is the fix?  Setup your own DNS server at home (good practice and more secure).  But an easy fix is to use Google DNS.  I have tried and seems to work well. 

Just change your DNS settings to use Primary 8.8.8.8 Secondary 8.8.4.4

No real security risk since they are tracking your searches away :)

Need more security … check out Simple DNS Crypt

https://simplednscrypt.org/

Need protection from Adware … use a custom host file

https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ current

https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts current

http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm 2018

DNS Tool – manage DNS

http://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman/ 2017