From: altoid via Dng ; Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 5:54:34 PM:
[...]

> > ... been part of the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) for a
> > very long time ...
>
> I see.
>
> From what I have seen and read on the web, the great many complaints
> from users that did not take kindly to their DNS settings getting
> changed without notice *also* seem to have started a long time ago,
> impossible for me to say with any certainty if both timelines match.

[...]

> A.

I remember starting to notice this decades ago now and my reaction was
'WTF?!'. I did some brief research before I concluded that this
behavior was nonsense, and simply set permissions to immutable to
protect the file from any changes. The 'hammer' answer to dumb
developer decisions in this case ("hands off my DNS!"). Has worked fine
for years now.

YMMV,
X.