So it turns out I got myself into an ISP that was shittier than expected (I already knew it was kinda shity), they DNS hijack for whatever reason and I can’t manually set my own DNS on my router or even my devices.

Cyber security has never been my forte but I’m always trying to keep learning as I go. I’ve read that common solutions involve using a different port (54) or getting a different modem/router or just adding a router.

Are they alll true? Whats the cheapest, easiest way of dealing with all of this?

  • 3laws@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Why can you not set your own DNS on your devices?

    I can, they get redirected to my ISPs DNS, no matter what. This was not an issue with my pervious company.

      • dan@upvote.auEnglish
        5·
        11 months ago

        Often, if you try to go to a non-existent domain, it’ll still return an IP address that loads a “this site doesn’t exist” page hosted by the ISP, often full of sponsored links, similar to a domain parking page.

        It’s trivial to do this. DNS requests are unencrypted and can easily be modified by an ISP, even if you use a custom DNS server like Google’s 8.8.8.8 or Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1. You need DNS over HTTPS or a similar technology to prevent this happening.