I'll probably stick with OpenDNS since I have been using them forever, but I would assume since Cloudflare has data centers everywhere, this should be pretty fast.
https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-1111/
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On this week's Security Now podcast, Steve Gibson verified (using his DNS benchmark) that 1.1.1.1 is wicked fast. At least where he lives in California - it's faster than OpenDNS and Google, and only 1ms slower than his ISP's DNS server.
I ran his benchmark here and 1.1.1.1 is about the same speed as OpenDNS and Google.
Pretty good, and they claim to offer improved privacy. Also, starting with Firefox 60 coming up in a month or so, Firefox will have the ability (not enabled by default for now) to override your DNS settings and use 1.1.1.1 over secure HTTPS for complete privacy.
I ran his benchmark here and 1.1.1.1 is about the same speed as OpenDNS and Google.
Pretty good, and they claim to offer improved privacy. Also, starting with Firefox 60 coming up in a month or so, Firefox will have the ability (not enabled by default for now) to override your DNS settings and use 1.1.1.1 over secure HTTPS for complete privacy.
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might give that a try.
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I had seen this & I'm trying it out.
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Follow up article at Ars about using encrypted DNS on top of cloudflare. longish and techy.
tldr: create a local encrypted dns server for best results.
https://arstechnica.com/information-tec ... ypted-dns/
tldr: create a local encrypted dns server for best results.
https://arstechnica.com/information-tec ... ypted-dns/
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I'm waiting for DNS over HTTPS via cloudflare to be baked into Firefox 60. Going to activate it.
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FlyingPenguin wrote:I'm waiting for DNS over HTTPS via cloudflare to be baked into Firefox 60. Going to activate it.
how long until that happens?
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May 9th although you can download one of the nightly builds to get it now if you don't mind being a beta tester.
DNS over HTTPS won't be enabled by default in 60. You'll need to turn it on:
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/02/confi ... n-firefox/
DNS over HTTPS won't be enabled by default in 60. You'll need to turn it on:
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/02/confi ... n-firefox/
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i tried it out and had to switch back. even though the DNS performance test showed 1.1.1.1 was the fastest, i started having massive latency issues. i had forgotten that i switched the DNS and was wondering what was going on...figured it was just another wonderful Comcast issue, but then switched back and all was fast again. i was even getting latency timeouts when opening speedtest.net and such. strange. i'll try it again in a few months.