Your DNS resolver sees every domain you visit, and by default those lookups travel unencrypted for your network and your internet provider to read or tamper with. Encrypted DNS hides them in transit and lets you choose a resolver that does not keep logs. These are the resolvers and clients worth using.
The major advantage of NextDNS over AdGuard DNS is to be able to configure the service to your needs via parental controls, website restrictions or block whole categories of…
Easy to setup within minutes. Comes with setup guides for all systems. You only need to enter two IP adresses.
Based in Switzerland. Supports: DNS-over-TLS (DoT), DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and DNSCrypt.
Based in United States. Supports: DNS-over-TLS (DoT) and DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH).
You can run Pi-hole in a container, or deploy it directly to a supported operating system via installer.
(Desktop) A flexible DNS proxy, with support for modern encrypted DNS protocols including DNSCrypt V2, DNS-over-HTTPS and Anonymized DNSCrypt . Also allows for advanced…
(Desktop) Validating, recursive, caching DNS resolve with support for DNS-over-TLS. Designed to be fast, lean, and secure Unbound incorporates modern features based on open…
(Android) Non-root, small-sized DNS changer utilizing DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS.
(iOS) Allows for the use for dnscrypt-proxy on an iPhone or iPad, which gives users the ability to encrypt their DNS requests through the use of an on-device VPN profile.
Reliable, fast and privacy-friendly. Harden it with add-ons, enable DNS-over-HTTPS, and sync across all your devices.
DNS-over-TLS (DoT) encrypts lookups on a dedicated port (853), which is clean but sometimes blocked on restrictive networks. DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) sends them over normal HTTPS (port 443), so they blend in with web traffic and are hard to block. DNSCrypt is an older but robust open method. Any of the three stops your network from seeing or altering your lookups.
Encrypting DNS hides your lookups from the network, but the resolver you pick still sees them. So the resolver’s logging policy matters as much as the encryption: choose one that commits to not keeping or selling your queries. Running your own resolver, like Unbound or Pi-hole, removes the third party entirely, at the cost of a little setup.
Support for DoH or DoT, a clear no-logging policy, a jurisdiction you trust, and optional filtering if you want ads and malware blocked at the same layer. Set it once on your router to cover the whole network, or per device when you move between networks.