VPN?

[Maxblack]

I appreciate that tag access via vpn is blocked. I use 1.1.1.1 by cloudflare for dns speed and privacy, which I guess is classified as a vpn but I thought it was only for domain resolution? Anyway when I have it active I am blocked from tag. Wasn’t sure if it’s because 1.1.1.1 really IS a vpn or if it’s just classified as such by the reference tag uses to block vpn access. Thx.

 

[TAG Manager]

I appreciate that tag access via vpn is blocked. I use 1.1.1.1 by cloudflare for dns speed and privacy, which I guess is classified as a vpn but I thought it was only for domain resolution? Anyway when I have it active I am blocked from tag. Wasn’t sure if it’s because 1.1.1.1 really IS a vpn or if it’s just classified as such by the reference tag uses to block vpn access. Thx.

As @zerosupblues pointed out, that's just a DNS resolver. We don't really have any control over DNS resolvers, so that shouldn't matter. It only matters if you happen to be on a blocked network segment. I'll run some tests with different configs and see if there's anything going on that shouldn't be on our side.

 

[TAG Manager]

I appreciate that tag access via vpn is blocked. I use 1.1.1.1 by cloudflare for dns speed and privacy, which I guess is classified as a vpn but I thought it was only for domain resolution? Anyway when I have it active I am blocked from tag. Wasn’t sure if it’s because 1.1.1.1 really IS a vpn or if it’s just classified as such by the reference tag uses to block vpn access. Thx.

I can confirm through testing that DNS resolving should not impact the access to TAG unless you're on a flagged network.

FWIW, I ran some benchmarks on known DNS resolvers and came up with this:

I tend to get better performance results with using nameservers with the better benchmark tests.
On my test bench, I set 1.1.1.1 for the primary resolver but my results were much better when I used one of the top resolvers in this list.

Added: Showing Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) Result lower in the list.

 

[Maxblack]

Cool thanks. Sorted now. There’s a setting for DNS Only that used to be default on. An app upgrade and it now defaults off (I.e. defaults to “warp vpn”). Thx.

 

[Babaram]

As for 1.1.1.1, that indeed is just a DNS resolver. It's by Cloudflare, akin to Google's 8.8.8.8. It should let anything through.

However, 1.1.1.2 purports to filter-out sites with malware. 1.1.1.3 is the "family friendly" version, no sexy stuff.