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A switch to an alternative DNS provider may deliver faster, more secure, or more reliable results. In my experience, both Cloudflare and Google DNS services often perform better than ISP-provided DNS services.

In anticipation of his keynote at HITB Security Conference 2020 in Amsterdam, we talked to internet pioneer Dr. Paul Vixie, Farsight Security Chairman and CEO. Dr. Vixie was inducted into the internet Hall of Fame in 2014 for work related to DNS and anti-spam technologies. He is the author of open source internet software including BIND 8, and of many internet standards documents concerning DNS and DNSSEC. You've worked in the DNS field for more than three decades, how have things changed since the late 1980s?

DNS amplification attacks continue to increase in number, growing 4,788% over Q3 2018, according to Nexusguard. DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) remains the main driver of growth of...

DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) traffic can apparently be identified without actually decrypting it, a security researcher has discovered. The DoH protocol is aimed at improving the overall security of the...

Firefox users interested in turning on the browser’s DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) privacy feature now have two providers to choose from.

Firefox users will be getting private and secure encrypted Domain Name System (DNS) services from NextDNS, after Mozilla added the company to its Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) program. read more


The Domain Name System (DNS) is a cornerstone of the internet. DNS servers connect URL names that humans can read to unique Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that web browsers can understand....

Microsoft will soon add the ability to use DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS into its networking client.

Microsoft Emphasizes DNS Configurations Will Be in Admins' HandsMicrosoft has outlined its plans for supporting the encryption of Domain Name System queries, which allows for more private internet...