Security News > 2020 > February > Firefox Gets DNS-over-HTTPS as Default in U.S.

Mozilla has started rolling out encrypted DNS-over-HTTPS by default for its Firefox users in the United States.

DoH provides increased security for Internet users, the DoH protocol ensures that DNS queries and DNS responses are sent and received over HTTP using TLS. Mozilla has been working on bringing DoH to Firefox since 2017, and tens of thousands were already using the protocol in September 2019, when it revealed plans to roll out DoH to Firefox users in the U.S., in fallback mode.

Starting this week, DoH in Firefox becomes default for U.S. users, with the rollout expected to continue over the next several weeks, "To confirm no major issues are discovered as this new protocol is enabled for Firefox's US-based users," Mozilla says.

Firefox provides users with the option to choose between two DoH providers, namely Cloudflare and NextDNS, both trusted resolvers.

Once the Enable DNS over HTTPS checkbox is checked, a drop-down menu allows users to select the preferred resolver.

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