Discussions
Request: more features for the locking feature
I came across another service’s approach to account or profile locking, which I imagine I can’t link to, but effectively I believe they excel over ControlD in at least this one feature. I am committed to using ControlD, so I’m wondering if any improvements to the locking feature could be made. Basically the approach the other service uses is that without a password, the owner of the account cannot make their filtering LESS restrictive. Without the password they can still:
- add to existing blocking rules
- add new safesearch enforcement
- disable or delete allowed rules
However, they are prevented from (unless they have the password):
- creating new allow rules or adding to existing ones
- Deleting or disabling any active blocking rules
I might add to this last list the suggestion that users can’t remove their payment details to frustrate the system.
Basically at the moment I have to lock myself out of the entire ControlD account by effectively throwing away the password. It would be nice to be able to have access to my account, but not be able to backtrack on my decisions to live a healthier online life. My current strategy has issues in that I can’t add content to a blocklist on new occasions and I can’t view my logs to troubleshoot anything going awry.
Is this something that might be able to be implemented?
Thanks
Posted by Ed about 1 month ago
Filter by ASN and originating or returned IP address(es)
Is there any merit / value in adding functionality to block/permit/redirect based on ASN and the IP address returned by, or originating from, a query being within specified ASN range(s)?
Posted by Ols 4 months ago
FR: More scheduling options
I love the fact that I can add a schedule, but the current implementation is quite simple. It would be great to add multiple schedules, or multiple choices based on day (weekend vs weeknight).
Posted by Matt R 6 months ago
Feature Request: Support for other DNS providers for services
Could you please support the use of other DNS providers for your services?
As you keep mentioning that Geo unblock feature is a niche feature and provided on best effort basis, it would be nice to have a feature to redirect the entire service to a different smart dns provider.
Currently, to achieve the same, we need to find the IPs of each of the domains used in the service and write custom rules for each of the domains to redirect the domains to their corresponding IP address. This is a very time consuming process and prone to errors(and issues). Also, if smart dns provider changes those IPs, need to do this exercise all over again.
My request is, provide a feature where we can redirect the entire service to a different DNS provider.
This could probably solve other issues that people are having with Akamai. Most often Akamai sends to the wrong location based on what Akamai believes is the location of the DNS server. In such cases, people can provide 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 or any other DNS provider for such domains.
I understand that it is more like a double DNS lookup but this feature is provided indirectly already using redirect to IP feature and would be great to have this feature at service level too.
Posted by Gopi 6 months ago
Orgs: Admin Logs
Every time an org admin changes something, this action should be logged.
Display the log of all admin actions in a searchable table, which can be exported as CSV.
Posted by Yegor Sak 7 months ago
GUI suggestion, dynamic positioning of active rules/tiles
It is regarding the rules/tiles to be found under "Filters", "Services" etc.:
If any activated rule/tile, could be pushed to the top automatically as long as it is activated (still ordered alphabetically), it would be very nice, as you would always have activated rules/tiles in focus, instead of needing to scroll all the way through non-activated rules/tiles to interact with any specific activated rule/tile.
Example: I activate "VPN & DNS" under "Services", it goes on top as 1. rule/tile. I also activate "URL Shorteners", it also goes to top, but as 1. rule/tile (due to all the active rules/tiles still being ordered alphabetically). If I deactivate any of these 2. rules/tiles again, it is no longer on top, and it takes its normal order on the list, being last and second last.
So like you have 2 "groups": The activated rules/tiles = always on top. Non activated in the bottom.
Thanks for a great service, and stay strong 🙂
kind regards
Posted by Yusuf Karakaya 7 months ago
Web3 Integrations
Is anyone (actually) interested in integration with distributed domain name systems, like:
- Ethereum Name Service (ENS)
- Handshake
- Unstoppable Domains
- IPFS
If so, please provide which ones, and your specific use case.
Posted by Yegor Sak 9 months ago
Feature Request: automatic redirection based on GeoIP?
I'm curious if it's possible to add the ability to use GeoIP data to automatically redirect traffic to a 'local' (to the destination) proxy?
It's pretty straightforward to add a '\*.co.uk' rule to redirect relevant traffic through a proxy located in the UK. However, it's not uncommon for UK-based companies to use 'generic' TLDs, or use services like CDNs/AWS etc. with those TLDs.
I'd like to be able to create a rule that redirects any query that resolved to a UK IP address (as reported by the GeoIP database) to use a proxy located in the UK.
I'm thinking that the cleanest implementation would be too add a option for the rule condition, i.e. 'country of destination' as a second choice besides 'domain'.
Posted by Paul Chambers 9 months ago
Monthly Activity Summary Email
Add option to receive a monthly report of all the activity that happened on all devices, with insights of most commonly blocked domains, active services, etc.
Any other ideas?
Posted by Yegor Sak 10 months ago
Customized Block Pages
Ability to provide a skinned blockpage instead of the default browser error when something is blocked.
**This would require installation of a root certificate on every physical device and allow Control D to decrypt all TLS traffic. **
Posted by Yegor Sak 10 months ago