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Microsoft plans to lock down Windows DNS like never before. Here’s how.(arstechnica.com)

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purplemonkeymad@programming.dev
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In the how this works section they detail that it comes from MDM solutions. In English this is a feature for it admins of companies who use the intune management software from Microsoft. You probably need pro or better to even use the feature.

At a quick glance, it looks to be a way of whitelisting domains at a DNS level, but with the added feature of having allowed DNS servers.

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theit8514@lemmy.world
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The amount of Windows bashing in this thread is hilarious, for what amounts to Enterprise grade DNS-over-TLS with additional whitelisting. Doesn’t help the home user, but likely won’t break home users internet access either.

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xep@fedia.io
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Lemmy in general hates Windows.

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BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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Because they don’t understand it. Kinda laughable really.

And I’ve been cursing MS since Windows 1.0 - what a joke that was. Then MS Bob? You’re kidding, right? I so wanted to run Bob just as a joke to fuck with my peers, but I couldn’t even tolerate it enough for that.

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ElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.org
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As a sysadmin, that actually sounds pretty useful. If they add a blocklist feature, it might be a good system-wide malware / ad blocking solution.

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