It apprears that NextDNS has removed No Google, No Facebook, and other blocklist without notifying users. One person said the NSA blocklist was also down. The company had made no responses to complaints on the community server when I checked earlier. Crickets…
I noticed Android and Linux being unable to access the app and web interface to confirm connections, starting some time on November 4th. I was able to switch DNS providers on Android and switch back, after which NextDNS seemed to work. On Linux however, systemd confirmed it was enabled but it went right to google’s webpage with no block.
If you’re on NextDNS, go check your domain filters ASAP. I switched to RethinkDNS, and it’s been decent so far. What is everyones preferred solution?
I can’t see a lot of this. Might be MS outage.
Edit: Also, thanks for posting these. I’ll check them out later.
The long and the short is that those blocklists were unmaintained for years and one of them was tied to a person nextdns doesn’t like (I don’t know, I didn’t read it because I don’t care).
That’s the real problem with set-and-forget dns blocklisting, it has to be someone’s job to keep the lists up to date. That person could become compromised, change their guiding principles or just stop working on the thing you rely on.