kapx132@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoIm looking for a privacy friendly DNSmessage-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareIm looking for a privacy friendly DNSkapx132@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVoroxpete@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·2 years agoMullvad recently announced a free encrypted DNS. It can block ads and malware too. https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls
minus-squareBlue and Orange@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoAwesome, I didn’t know about this. I love Mullvad.
minus-squareDarkThoughts@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI don’t think you need that if you already use their VPN, as that already connects to their DNS servers.
minus-squarekapx132@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoim having trouble setting it up. when i enter the ip into the dns slot in my network settings it does not work.
minus-squareedric@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoThat’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.
minus-squareAlexanderKing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoIf your distro makes use of systemd, just use resolved: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-resolved#Manually
minus-squareseaQueue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoAdguard also offers free public DNS. I’ve used it since discovering that cloudflare blackholes archive.org and all similar sites.
Mullvad recently announced a free encrypted DNS. It can block ads and malware too.
https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls
Awesome, I didn’t know about this. I love Mullvad.
I don’t think you need that if you already use their VPN, as that already connects to their DNS servers.
im having trouble setting it up. when i enter the ip into the dns slot in my network settings it does not work.
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
Adguard also offers free public DNS. I’ve used it since discovering that cloudflare blackholes archive.org and all similar sites.