Malaysia's plan to block overseas DNS dies after a day, but still need to stay vigilant (www.theregister.com)
from umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world on 12 Sep 2024 08:43
https://lemmy.ml/post/20210358

There are reports in Registar’s comment section that Malaysia didn’t only redirect DNS traffic, but took active measures to block VPN, and MITM DoH where Cloudflare’s DoH returns local ISP certificate.

In fact, some ISPs like Maxis and Yes were already blocking VPN (I see a lot of complains on Lowyat.net about Maxis blocking VPN, and I was using Yes WiMax and experienced the blocking firsthand. I couldn’t connect to PPTP endpoints and L2TP endpoints caused the modem to disconnect from the network and reboot).

They were outright trying a MITM redirect attack on those using DOH. Many reported error messages saying that Cloudflare’s DOH server were practically returning the certificate for Telekom Malaysia’s DNS servers.

Even with many new technologies, I ralized that I not as safe and free as I want to be, maybe you too.

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cumming_normi@yiffit.net on 12 Sep 2024 13:39 next collapse

how could anyone with a brain think that was going to work?

AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works on 12 Sep 2024 20:57 next collapse

Politicians and brains are usually mutually exclusive

blackfire@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2024 06:41 collapse

They think they know better and should therefore save people from themselves. Its a Muslim country so their world is viewed through that lens

AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works on 13 Sep 2024 13:09 next collapse

That mindset covers most Asian countries. Conservatism is conservatism regardless of religion.

PanArab@lemm.ee on 13 Sep 2024 13:15 collapse

Just casual islamophobia

[deleted] on 12 Sep 2024 20:57 next collapse

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Toes@ani.social on 13 Sep 2024 10:36 collapse

What root certs do I need to blacklist?