🔥Cisco Umbrella is Malware

Hey all,

I came to DevOps by the unusual path of network engineering. Tons of fun, and I got to rub shoulders with all sorts of business owners, InfoSec teams, and even some high-performance application owners.

I have a broad respect for network technologies — it’s forgotten, but like most foundational technology, we wouldn’t get very far without it in place.

Cisco’s Umbrella does a great job at keeping computers safe. It grabs all DNS and sends it to the Umbrella (well now Cisco) cloud for filtering, where enterprise policies can be applied. I have no objection to this model — it works great, it’s an effective method for security.

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However, I run into an issue that I’m sure others do as well — Cisco Umbrella is sticky. Like, crazy sticky.

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Cisco Umbrella is Spyware