Im looking for a dns that doesnt spy on me as much as google’s dns server.
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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
Run a Pi-hole with Unbound
Mullvad recently announced a free encrypted DNS. It can block ads and malware too.
im having trouble setting it up. when i enter the ip into the dns slot in my network settings it does not work.
IIRC that configuration field only sets unencrypted DNS servers. You’d have to follow their Linux CLI instructions to turn on 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.
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.
Quad9 or mullvads dns
Honest question, what’s wrong with cloudflare?
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
OpenNIC https://www.opennic.org/
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.
NextDNS.
You can control if you want logs or not, where to store them, for how long, which domains to block, which encryption protocol will be used, and many more features.
