ACT Fibernet and OPENDNS

manojrk said:

Since you're already using OpenDNS, why don't you give Cisco's DNSCrypt a try? It basically encrypts your DNS lookup so ACT can't block your queries in future.

Link - DNS Security with DNSCrypt | OpenDNS

DNScrypt tool - Simple DNSCrypt - Official Project Home Page

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Hi Manoj,

I tried using Simple DNS crypt, but always loose my connection.
I have a public IP with all open ports located in Hyderabad.
Can you please provide a guidance on how i can successfully use OpenDNS instead of ACT's DNS.
Is there an option to change the port to something else other than 443?

Regards,
George.

Hi George, I don't use Simple DNSCrypt anymore. I have moved on to DNSCrypt 2 and Cloudflare DNS over TLS because I get 1ms ping to cloudflare servers. It is command line only, very stable than Simple DNSCrypt and working perfectly fine for the last few months. I don't think Cisco or any other provider offering DNSCrypt over alternate ports.

Link - jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy

Download the latest binaries for Windows. Rename the example-dnscrypt-proxy to dnscrypt-proxy and edit the file to your needs.

Mine looks like this:


Save it and run service-install bat file. Configure your DNS to 127.0.0.1 and that's it. Use DNS leak test to check if its working or not.

If you run your PC 24x7 then you can also use DNSCrypt 2 to resolve queries for others in local network. Just change the DNS settings in your router to DNSCrypt PC's IP 🙂

Awesome manoj.. i got it working fine.. Thank you for the support! 🙂
Looking forward for setting up a Pfsense router now..
Great job man 🙂

I recently signed up for ACT and realized that they assign a private IP address and so having trouble getting OpenDNS to setup. Initially, I tried to add the public IP manually on OpenDNS and got an error that the network is already existing, which means that the public IP was added by another user to their account. After a few days I attempted to setup again and this time the public IP was different IP and it got added to my account. I could configure the filter level and after a few minutes I could test that it is working. However, I am concerned that the public IP would change silently again and then I may lose the ability to control the filtering.

I guess one solution is to pay Rs.250 per month extra to get a static IP assigned (which seems to be in the 124.xxx range) but before I go that route, I would like to make sure there isn't something I missed here. Will using PPPoE instead of DHCP help somehow?

That 250 per month for a static IP is such a rip-off from ACT I think

Yes, it is a rip off, especially if it is not needed for anything else (like an IP camera or servers). But is there an alternative for a OpenDNS filtering to work reliably?