Security News > 2021 > July > Mozilla Firefox to roll out DNS over HTTPS for Canadian users
Mozilla has decided to roll out the DNS over HTTPS feature by default for Canadian Firefox users later this month.
Firefox to enable DoH by default for Canadian users.
Mozilla Firefox users based in Canada will soon start noticing DNS over HTTPS enabled by default, in a gradual rollout.
Starting July 20th, DoH will first be offered to 1% of Canadian Firefox users, and eventually, reach all Firefox users in Canada by September 2021.
DoH encrypts regular DNS traffic over HTTPS with both DNS requests and responses being transmitted over port 443, making the traffic blend right in with regular traffic to HTTPS websites.
"We're very excited to be able to partner with CIRA to help fix that for our Canadian users and protect more of their browsing history by default," said Eric Rescorla, Firefox CTO. Although DoH offers security and privacy benefits to the end-user, it is worth noting, merely being end-to-end encrypted does not alone make DoH service providers immune to abuse by adversaries.