Able to bypass CleanBrowsing DNS by adding 1.1.1.1 in Static in WiFi settings

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  • adam21
    October 15, 2022 at 9:32 am

    I added the CleanBrowsing family filter DNS (IPv4) in my WiFi Router. When the WiFi IP settings are set to DHCP, the filters work but when I change the IP settings to custom/static as shown in the screenshots below the device bypasses the CleanBrowsing filters and can access any website or VPN. This makes the router settings pointless. How do I prevent it?

     

     

     

    jake
    October 27, 2022 at 7:54 pm

    Either do not allow the user access to change DNS settings on the device or if you have a powerful enough router you can create rules to for DNS queries to only work with Cleanbrowsing servers.

    CleanBrowsing Admin
    November 10, 2022 at 4:15 pm

    Hi

     

    This is by design how DNS works. Here is an article that explains it in more detail: https://cleanbrowsing.org/2022/08/the-dns-communication-hierarchy/

     

    But Jake has the right answer. Either a) don’t allow local DNS changes, or b) force DNS at the router level.

     

    Thanks