Taiwan to Block Google DNS, Push Its Own Alternative

The Taiwanese government plans to block Google's public DNS service. Officially, this will be done out of cybersecurity concerns. 

Since Google's DNS will be blocked, the government plans to push its own DNS service, which pretty much translates into a spying method. 

The announcement was made via a presentation posted on the Government's Internet Service Network (GSN) news page. There, they describe the issue they have with Google's service, namely that it can be spoofed. 

"If you can reduce the use of restricted sources, then with the appropriate DNS protection mechanism, you can effectively reduce the risk of DNS spoofing," notes the file, The Register reports. The numerous diagrams the file contains make it clear that Google's public DNS system should be viewed as one of these restricted sources. 

It seems the problem the Taiwanese go...