Posts by Tony Perez
Stop DNS Changes on Home Networks
CleanBrowsing provides a DNS-based content filtering service, but like most DNS services it is limited by what is happening locally on a device. One of the biggest challenges is when a user makes a local DNS change. This article will provide a guide for those interested in mitigating this evasion technique. This guide will be…
Read MoreHow To Block VPN Access At Home
CleanBrowsing provides a DNS-based content filtering service, but like most DNS services it is limited by what is happening on the network it is being deployed on. While our system will work to block access to VPN sites, its effectiveness is limited to what the network, and local device, allow. In this article we…
Read MoreHow To Block Online Porn
Regardless of your feelings about online pornography, it is here, and it is here to stay. As such, individuals, parents, organizations and other network owners are working to find effective ways to block online porn. Whether it’s driven by personal needs, internal policies on acceptable online usage, or federal regulation, there is a need to…
Read MoreEncrypted DNS – DNS over TLS support
DNS over TLS support is available on all our services through port 853. DNS over TLS encrypts and authenticates all your DNS traffic to protect your privacy and prevent DNS hijacking and sniffing. Support for DNS over TLS (Private DNS) has been added to Android Pie 9 and you can leverage it right away with…
Read MoreEncrypted DNS – DNS over HTTPS (DoH) Support
DNS over HTTPS (and HTTP2) support is now available. DoH encrypts and secures DNS traffic via HTTPS for privacy and security reasons. DNS over HTTPS is a new protocol designed to encrypt and secure DNS traffic over HTTPS (or HTTP/2). It prevents DNS hijacking and ISPs from sniffing your traffic. We built an anycast network…
Read MoreEncrypted DNS – DNSCrypt Support
Encrypted DNS – DNSCrypt Support DNSCrypt support is available on all our services through port 8443. DNSCrypt encrypts and authenticates DNS traffic for privacy and security reasons. We offer a guide on how to configure CleanBrowsing with DNSCrypt. Family Filter Blocks access to all adult, pornographic and explicit sites. It also blocks proxy and VPN domains…
Read MoreHow Kids are Bypassing Porn Content Filters
The pervasiveness of the web is such that anyone, regardless of age, is able to gain access to whatever content they please with little, to no, barriers. It is, by design, the benefit that comes with an open web and the coinciding free flow of information. There is a dilemma that exists in which we…
Read MoreStop Changes on iOS and Android Devices
Stop Unwanted Changes on Mobile Devices One of the biggest challenges parents face when configuring and hardening their kids devices is restricting their ability to remove applications and configurations. It’s further complicated because technology providers, like Google and Apple, approach parental control as an afterthought in many instances, which inevitably introduce new ways that can…
Read MoreChange DNS on Spectrum
If you’re working with spectrum you might need to make your changes via the Spectrum App. In their more recent hardware deployments they no longer allow changes to be done via the routers IP. This guide will show you where to make this change. 1 – Services Tab When you first open the tab, your…
Read MoreBlock VPN on Netgear Orbi Router
This article assumes you have already configured your Netgear Orbi router to use the CleanBrowsing DNS service. To block VPN at the network level, you will need to have administrative access to your home router. This article picks up inside the administrative panel. Step 1: Navigate to Block Services From the Orbi panel, navigate to the Block…
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