SatSig topic:

Tooway rewriting DNS servers used

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Jul 27^th, 2011 at 6:38pm

I have happened upon an issue with my Tooway service.

I'm using the free OpenDNS FamilyShield service which means that my router is configured to assign their DNS servers to the PCs on my LAN. These DNS servers (208.67.222.123 & 208.67.220.123) are free to use and don't have entries for some of the more 'undesirable' sites on the Internet.

When I use these DNS servers via my ADSL circuit, all is well, i.e. the 'undesirable' sites are blocked.

The problem is that when I use my Tooway service then the sites are shown.

I have done some testing of this (as have ToowayDirect) and it seems that DNS queries to any DNS servers are being intercepted and directed to the 'Tooway' DNS servers instead. Obviously that breaks the functionality I'm getting from OpenDNS!

I will update this thread when ToowayDirect get back to me.

On a more general level I don't think that an ISP should be intercepting this DNS traffic and directing it to their own DNS servers (assuming that is the case).

Jul 28^th, 2011 at 2:16pm

FYI ToowayDirect have just had a reply from SkyLogic and apparently "it's designed this way" so all DNS queries to any DNS servers will be intercepted by them and directed to their own servers...

Not what I wanted to hear and I can't really understand why they'd want it to work that way?

So the Tooway service is incompatible with OpenDNS.

Jul 28^th, 2011 at 4:15pm

Quote:

FYI ToowayDirect have just had a reply from SkyLogic and apparently "it's designed this way" so all DNS queries to any DNS servers will be intercepted by them and directed to their own servers...

Not what I wanted to hear and I can't really understand why they'd want it to work that way?

So the Tooway service is incompatible with OpenDNS.

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