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    Why DNS over TLS is so important, and if you are not using it you should be

    With DNS over TLS, I have mostly used Cloudfare and Quad9 as in the example in this thread. Without DNS encryption, I have used Google. Google has a completely different data policy than the telecoms. Google flushes the DNS every 24-48 hours. And Google has fought in the courts very hard to...
  2. J

    Why DNS over TLS is so important, and if you are not using it you should be

    Will try Comcast 75.75.75.75. It could happen, but Comcast + Google doesn't seem like a marriage made in heaven. Comcast has in the last couple of years taken a really hard line that if you have a Comcast gateway you cannot use anything but Comcast DNS. So even though I use my own cable modem...
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    Why DNS over TLS is so important, and if you are not using it you should be

    Comcast is using, among others, Cisco ASR 9000 and Juniper T Series Core routers. They are not saving every packet. Way too much data. Their surveillance functions are only used with legal court orders or for troubleshooting a specific technical problem. With a commercial domain name server...
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    Why DNS over TLS is so important, and if you are not using it you should be

    They don't "need" the DNS queries but the domain name server is the most efficient place in the network to aggregate data and do analysis. That is the reason also why most government agencies use the domain name server for investigations of unlawful Internet activities. Looking at millions of...
  5. J

    Why DNS over TLS is so important, and if you are not using it you should be

    I am using DNS leak test https://www.dnsleaktest.com/ to test this. I was also surprised.
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    [ 386.7 alpha Build(s) ] Testing available build(s)

    Gotcha. The upside is that routers are getting the latest corrections available when their firmware was compiled. The downside is that Asus winds up with lots of software variations in the field which can be rough on support teams.
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    Why DNS over TLS is so important, and if you are not using it you should be

    Thanks Merlin. You are in Canada if I remember correctly and I believe you have net neutrality. In the US, our FCC took away net neutrality in 2020, and in its place we have a 2021 executive order now suggesting the FCC put net neutrality back. Some states enacted their own net neutrality...
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    [ 386.7 alpha Build(s) ] Testing available build(s)

    This seems to be an issue for Asus. It is really surprising that, as but 1 example, most of the RT-AX58U variants are all on different GPL bases if I am looking at this correctly. 5 code bases for 7 routers which use the same basic PCB and chipset. That is a really expensive way to develop...
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    Why DNS over TLS is so important, and if you are not using it you should be

    I picked up an Asus GS-AX3000 (same HW as RT-AX58U) running stock Asus firmware 3.0.0.4.386.43588 as they are really a great value right now and heavily discounted. The stock firmware does not support DNS over TLS unfortunately. I hope @GNUton will support the GS-AX3000 as part of extending...
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    Support for GS-AX3000?

    Hopeful the GS-AX3000 will be supported by Merlin or Gnuton in our future. Looks like there are actually 7 variants from a build perspective. Asus definitely maximizing the potential of this platform! case MODEL_RTAX58U: if(!strcmp(build_name, "RT-AX58U")) return...
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    Support for GS-AX3000?

    You don't need to post. It was too cheap for me to avert the temptation of LEDs. I got mine today and have it running. The build quality of the router seems very good.
  12. J

    Support for GS-AX3000?

    I posted on the github https://github.com/gnuton/asuswrt-merlin.ng/issues/140 earlier today. That is done
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    Support for GS-AX3000?

    @ajsquirrel could you post a screenshot of the WAN settings on the GS-AX3000 as I am curious if Asus included DNS over TLS or not as Asus was going to add that last year as a stock feature.
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    Support for GS-AX3000?

    Asus is probably paying us to take away these routers with the distracting LED lights. :) I have posted for @GNUton to see if he could support it as a router addition given that it is also the same as: RT-AX58U (supported by Merlin) RT-AX3000 (supported by Merlin) RT-AX82U (supported by...
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    Support for GS-AX3000?

    @ajsquirrel raises a good question. Asus has a ton of variants based on the same PCB using the BCM6750 chipset (1.5 GHz, 3 cores). Most all of them share the same FCC ID. The ROG STRIX GS-AX3000 is the exact same hardware as the RT-AX58U and the RT-AX3000 which are both supported by...
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    [ 386.7 alpha Build(s) ] Testing available build(s)

    Good question. I have an RT-AX56U also and it is a solid router. As posted by another, the RT-AX56U is not end of life. It seems like when Asus comes out with firmware, the RT-AX56U seems to have few if any production issues for Asus. The RT-AX56U actually has good HW specs (CPU, memory...
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    [ 386.7 alpha Build(s) ] Testing available build(s)

    @banger check out the change log or list of commits: https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng
  18. J

    [ 386.7 alpha Build(s) ] Testing available build(s)

    @Andr0med, Asus worked on this less than a year ago: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/asuswrt-386-rc3-1-public-beta.74509/ You could message @ASUSWRT_2020 to see what happened and what will happen. Also not sure why a question became a big deal.
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    [ 386.7 alpha Build(s) ] Testing available build(s)

    I had compiled my own 386.6 for my RT-AX56U several months back and did a dirty upgrade to the new 386.7 alpha. So far so good. Will post if I encounter any issues.
  20. J

    More RT-AX58U woes

    I was lucky that Asus, after sending me replacement RT-AX58U routers that also crashed, just offered to buy back my RT-AX58U. I got an RT-AX56U which except for lacking 160 MHz channel width does everything that the RT-AX58U does. The RT-AX56U quad core CPU is actually pretty solid.
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