DNS Resolvers
A DNS resolver, such as the ones listed below, help prevent such things as DNS hijacking, or can be used to block malicious sites, block ads, and trackers. These resolvers don’t make you anonymous or hide your traffic from your ISP but they do still help keep you safer online.
Use: Instead of the DNS provided by your ISP, Google DNS.
DNS Resolvers
| Name | Servers | US Based? | Logs? | Filtering |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AdGuard DNS | Anycast | No | No | Ads, trackers, malicious domains |
| OpenNIC | Anycast | Yes | User choice | User choice |
| BlahDNS | Finland Japan Germany |
No | No | Ads, trackers, malicious domains |
| Quad9 | Anycast | Yes | Some | Malicious domains |
| NextDNS | Anycast | Yes | User choice | User choice |
| Cloudflare | Anycast | Yes | Some | User choice |
| NixNet | Anycast | Yes | No | User choice |
DNS Clients
dnscrypt-proxy
Free
A flexible DNS proxy, with support for modern encrypted DNS protocols such as DNSCrypt v2, DNS-over-HTTPS and Anonymized DNSCrypt.
