Turning off Sky Shield in Mint

[BarryX]

I've managed to turn off Sky Shield on my Windows laptop but don't know how to do it on Mint.

Does anyone know a way of doing this?

[vimes666]

maybe this helps:

If you find that your broadband has the protection switched on and you do not require it, Sky makes it simple to turn off again; as soon as you visit a website that is blocked, the account holder will be invited to amend the controls or switch Sky Broadband Shield off altogether.

Account holders can also change the settings or switch it off completely now by accessing the My Sky web page. You can also switch Sky Broadband Shield on from there if it is currently off and you wish to activate it.

Source: https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/sky ... urn-it-off

[BarryX]

My headache is that I need to switch the shield off on certain computers and not on others. With Windows, there are fixes to this, which appear on YouTube and do work, but I don't know what the equivalent would be using Linux, since I just don't have the knowledge. I assume what can be done for Windows can also be done for Mint.

But thanks for responding anyway; much appreciated.

[vimes666]

Maybe changing your dns settings into e.g. 1.1.1.1,8.8.8.8 helps.
Here is a topic on how to do that: viewtopic.php?t=321682

[BarryX]

Thanks for this. Sadly, what worked in Windows hasn't worked in Mint.

In Windows, you go to the ISP you use, find the IPv4 setting and put in 8.8.8.8,1.1.1.1 and the Shield is blocked.

I did this in Mint but to no avail. I tried it on the Wired Connection 1 and on the name of my ISP.

Am I missing something?

[SimonPeter]

Use these commands to change your DNS server:
(you may replace 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 with your preferred DNS servers)

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sudo chattr -i /etc/resolv.conf
sudo chown root:root /etc/resolv.conf
sudo chmod 644 /etc/resolv.conf
sudo rm -f /etc/resolv.conf
cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf
# DNS servers set manually
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
EOF
sudo chown root:root /etc/resolv.conf
sudo chmod 444 /etc/resolv.conf
sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

NOTE: Before doing this, it is good to backup /etc/resolv.conf , preserving its permissions and (if it is a symlink) symlink destination.

Then, flush the DNS cache with sudo systemd-resolve --no-pager --flush-caches and reboot your system and router.

[SimonPeter]

You may also edit /etc/systemd/resolved.conf and add these lines (if you want, replace 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 with the DNS servers of your choice):

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DNS=8.8.8.8
FallbackDNS=8.8.4.4

Then, flush the DNS cache with sudo systemd-resolve --no-pager --flush-caches and reboot your system and router.