Re: iwd: Using iwd to connect to a wireless network (Part 2 - DNS managers)
Hi David
Happy to hear from you again.
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 1:38 PM
> From: "David Wright" <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: iwd: Using iwd to connect to a wireless network (Part 2 - DNS managers)
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> My usual strategy is to let the Debian installer set the dns server to
> IP address of the router, and configure the router to query 8.8.8.8/1.1.1.1.
> It's not ideal if you have a router that doesn't "belong" to you,
> ie that you can't configure yourself.
>
In the past I used to let the Debian installer set the DNS resolver for me. But you know what? When I did that, I found out that Debian added 192.163.1.1 as one of the DNS resolvers. This was and is a No!No! for me because of possible DNS leaks when I used a commercial VPN provider.
Nowadays before I launch the Debian installer in commandline (Expert mode), I'll plug the LAN cable out from the RJ45 port and when the installer asks if I wish to have auto networking configuration enabled, I just click No. Thereafter I enter the IP addresses of my preferred DNS resolvers that are hosted by privacy-conscious folks.
> Resolvconf squirrels that original address away in
> /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/original so that it can revert to it
> after you have left other networks/VPNs etc. So I guess that, at
> worst, you can just write in whatever you want into that file.
> Check it is still there after the next boot, and also check
> /etc/resolv.conf (which is a symlink) to make sure that it used it ok.
>
Thanks for the reminder and last I checked /etc/resolv.conf is still there.
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