changing DNS for firefox

targetdummy · Post by **targetdummy** » January 17th, 2008, 4:09 am

Is there any ways to set or change the DNS server in firefox and firefox only? I do not have the admin right to change it in windows. I have looked into about:config but didn't find a field for it.

Post by **trolly** » January 17th, 2008, 4:22 am

No. DNS is a system service and can not be changed by a user application.
Which problems do you have?

targetdummy · Post by **targetdummy** » January 17th, 2008, 5:33 am

The DNS server IP is incorrect in the PC at work. I have tried both using a proxy service and setting proxy server for firefox and set network.proxy.socks_remote_dns to true, having the proxy server performing the DNS lookup. Both with not too pleasant result. I was hoping there is a more direct way to fix it.

Post by **trolly** » January 17th, 2008, 6:00 am

To use SOCKS you need a proxy which supports the SOCKS protocol. Then firefox can ask the SOCKS server to perform the DNS.

AnthonyV · Post by **AnthonyV** » May 11th, 2010, 5:39 pm

I have a different reason. I would like to use OpenDNS but only for firefox to allow me to block adult content.

Post by **DanRaisch** » May 11th, 2010, 8:06 pm

AnthonyV, you've posted to a thread that died out more than two years ago. It's unlikely that any of the original participants are still monitoring this. To ensure that you get support, please start a new topic and provide details of your issue.

Locking this due to the age of the original posts.

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