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Thursday, August 6, 2009

OpenDNS - Answer to 'Filtered' Streamyx DNS


UPDATE: The Open Source DNS currently filtered by Malaysian ISP. Too bad.

Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had issue directive to all local ISPs to block Malaysian Internet surfers from accessing certain websites. To archieve this goal, Streamyx is using the old DNS trick to do the blocking or filtering or whatever terms you prefer to name it.

While I acknowledge the intention for the filtering are for good; there are some porn sites in the list, but at the same time they also blocked some blogger site which what they did was to express their freedom of cyberworld in their own way.

Unfortunately, this DNS trick of blocking had loopholes. The answer to bypass the filtering are using either Open Source DNS server or HTTP/CGI base proxy.

The easiest and best approach is to change your DNS from using Streamyx 202.188.1.5 and 202.188.0.133 to use Open Source DNS server.

Mark down this 2 magic number:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

You can surf most of the blocked websites smoothly. This is the easiest and best way because you only need to do it once in one condition the Open Source DNS server is not block by Malaysian ISP.

All the details steps to configure the Open Source DNS Server can be found here:

https://www.opendns.com/start/computer/

Once done, shout 'Yeah Baby' and continue your web surfing.