Im looking for a dns that doesnt spy on me as much as google’s dns server.
Mullvad recently announced a free encrypted DNS. It can block ads and malware too.
Awesome, I didn’t know about this. I love Mullvad.
im having trouble setting it up. when i enter the ip into the dns slot in my network settings it does not work.
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That’s the unencrypted DNS version. The adblocking will work but your queries won’t be encrypted. You’ll either have to configure it on your browser, or configure system-resolved like what is written in the article that was posted.
Other options are Aha DNS and Control D.
If your distro makes use of systemd, just use resolved: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-resolved#Manually
Run a Pi-hole with Unbound
Seriously, can vouch for this. Pi-hole is great!
I’ve been using Quad9 and I’m happy with it. Here’s the site if you’re interested in looking into it further.
Mullvad is another great option that’s already been mentioned.
Honest question, what’s wrong with cloudflare?
Quad9 or mullvads dns
Mullvad is a better option
Why?
At home you can use Unbound
This coupled with pihole is great! The pihole docs even have setup for unbound and it’s really easy to follow.
Here are two resources for privacy-oriented DNS:
- The provider list for the https-dns-proxy module of OpenWRT: https://github.com/stangri/source.openwrt.melmac.net/tree/master/luci-app-https-dns-proxy/root/usr/share/https-dns-proxy/providers
- Privacy-oriented European public DNS services: https://european-alternatives.eu/category/public-dns
Adguard has a quite comprehensive list of known DNS providers in their documentation. It’s very useful because my ISP transparently redirect all dns queries on port 53, so I’ll have to find DNS providers that listen on alternate ports for my upstream DNS in my Adguard instance.
If you have the skill to implement Pi Hole is the best option. If not MullvadDNS is a solid option but if you want a granular control over your DNS queries no doubt NextDNS.
If you are in Europe, try dns0: https://www.dns0.eu/
OpenNIC https://www.opennic.org/
In case you are unaware, make sure to override DNS on any web browsers or other programs that might be skipping OS configured DNS servers to use hard-coded DNS over HTTPS servers.
If you’re running your own DNS resolver you can hint this to some applications in your network via a canary domain
Adguard has an encrypted dns
I’m shilling for controld.com and I will die on this hill.
Have a look at https://dnsforge.de