FYI - Norton DNS Discontinuing Nov 15, 2018

CharMo · August 12, 2018, 4:31pm

Just came across this notice from Symantec:

https://dns.norton.com/

Retirement Announcement for Norton TM ConnectSafe

On November 15, 2018, Norton ConnectSafe service is being retired or discontinued meaning the service will no longer be available or supported. You may continue to use ConnectSafe until November 15, 2018. However, we do recommend that you take a moment to review important details related to this announcement below.

What does ConnectSafe retirement mean to you?
IMPORTANT: Because the ConnectSafe service will be discontinued on November 15, 2018, current users could experience disruption(s) in their browsing experience. If you are a current user, we recommend you complete the following actions prior to the ConnectSafe service termination.

Jeroen1 · October 2, 2018, 11:30am

Correct, Norton DNS is r.i.p.

Note to developers: better remove the Norton choice from DNS choices.

jfb · October 2, 2018, 1:44pm

The developers are aware that Norton will be discontinued.

itsbhanusharma · February 22, 2019, 6:24am

It has been 4 months since they discontinued their services but norton is still available as a selectable option in the UI!
I'm not running an old install, I installed v4.2.2 fresh

Mcat12 · February 23, 2019, 8:05pm

This is fixed in development, and will be released with v4.3:

github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole

Remove Norton DNS

pi-hole:development ← pi-hole:fix/remove-norton

opened 01:47AM - 20 Jan 19 UTC

AzureMarker

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