Why this matters:How to recognise this workaround on your side, and what closes it on your side — without telling you how to do the workaround.
How common it is: DNS64/NAT64 is documented as an IPv6 transition mechanism. Specific use as a parental-control circumvention technique is not established.
Detection
An IPv4-blocked destination resolves and reaches when the device is on a carrier or hotspot that uses DNS64/NAT64; the IPv4 rule never fires because the device sees only the IPv6 translation.
Fix (technical)
Apply equivalent policy to the IPv6 path. Where the carrier translation is documented, ask the carrier whether the rule is honoured on the translated path; on the home router, mirror the IPv4 rule onto the IPv6 path.
Fix (relational)
A translated path is not an evasion attempt; it is the carrier’s normal behaviour. Address the rule’s coverage rather than the device’s behaviour.
Residual risk
DNS64/NAT64 is carrier-specific. Disabling it on the device side may break legitimate IPv4-only services that depend on the translation; the carrier’s behaviour is outside the home router’s control.
Sources
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www-rfc9099-ipv6
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www-rfc9076-dns-privacy
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