/tags/network-manager/Recent content in Network-Manager on LifeHugoen-usMon, 28 Mar 2016 17:18:00 +0530/post/2016/2016-03-28-bsnl-redirecting-to-http-domain-error-com/Mon, 28 Mar 2016 17:18:00 +0530/post/2016/2016-03-28-bsnl-redirecting-to-http-domain-error-com/<p>BSNL&rsquo;s default DNS servers hijack unresolved domain queries and redirect users to ad-laden spam pages like <code>http://domain-error.com</code>.</p> <p>To prevent this ISP hijacking, configure NetworkManager to ignore ISP-assigned DNS servers and use Google Public DNS instead.</p> <p>Edit your NetworkManager connection profile in <code>/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/</code>:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-ini" data-lang="ini"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#66d9ef">[ipv4]</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a6e22e">dns</span><span style="color:#f92672">=</span><span style="color:#e6db74">8.8.8.8;8.8.4.4;</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a6e22e">dns-search</span><span style="color:#f92672">=</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a6e22e">method</span><span style="color:#f92672">=</span><span style="color:#e6db74">auto</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a6e22e">ignore-auto-dns</span><span style="color:#f92672">=</span><span style="color:#e6db74">true</span> </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Alternatively, you can configure this graphically or via the terminal interface with <code>nmtui</code>:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo nmtui </span></span></code></pre></div><h3 id="references">References</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/">Google Public DNS Guide</a></li> <li><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/708762/redirecting-to-http-domain-error-com">Ask Ubuntu: Redirecting to http://domain-error.com</a></li> </ul>