Security News > 2020 > June > Macs, iPhones, iPads to get encrypted DNS – how'd you like them Apples?

Encrypted DNS, as its name suggests, encrypts those queries to shield them from snoops and meddlers.

A year later, a research paper presented at a Usenix conference underscored the need for better security when it reported that about 8.5 per cent of DNS queries were intercepted by service providers.

Cloudflare began supporting DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS queries in 2018 with the launch of its 1.1.1.1 DNS service.

Apple's updated code will allow those offering DNS services, and enterprise organizations administering corporate software via Mobile Device Management, to create apps for configuring DNS settings so they use an encrypted transport.

As demonstrated in the video, an iOS app implementing encrypted DNS can be activated via Settings -> General -> VPN & Network.

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