Welcome to the DNS Privacy project home page
This site is the home of a collaborative open project to promote, implement and deploy DNS Privacy. The goals of this project include:
- Raising awareness of the issue of DNS Privacy
- Empowering users to take advantage of DNS Privacy tools and resources (client applications, DNS Privacy resolvers)
- Evolving the DNS to support DNS Privacy in particular developing new DNS Protocol standards
- Working towards full support for DNS Privacy in a range of Open Source DNS implementations including: getdns, Unbound, NSD, BIND and Knot (Auth and Resolver)
- Co-ordinating deployment of DNS Privacy services and documenting operational practices
Among the many contributors to this project are Sinodun IT, NLnet Labs, SalesForce, Surftnet, Stephane Borztmeyer and No Mountain Software.
QUICK START GUIDES
FOR END USERS
- What is the problem? Read up on why DNS Privacy is an issue.
- Clients: Meet 'Stubby' - a experimental DNS Privacy stub resolver for use on client machines.
- Test servers: See information on the current list of DNS Privacy test servers available
FOR OPERATORS
- Implementation status: See the current status of DNS Privacy (using DNS-over-TLS) implementations in various DNS software
- How to run a DNS-over-TLS server: Guides on TLS proxies and key management and tools
- COMING SOON: Guidance on data handling on DNS Privacy servers
See past DNS Privacy work
January 2021
- NSA report on use of encrypted DNS - warns against use of third-party DoH resolvers and recommends blocking known DoT/DoH endpoints in many scenarios
- Microsoft confirm Windows 10 21H1 will include DoH
- Mozilla comment period for TRR Consultation extended to 20th Jan
December 2020
November 2020
- NDSS DNS Privacy Workshop Call for Papers
- Encrypted DNS configuration profiles for Apple devices.
- Mozilla start a Comment period on their use of DoH and TRRs
- Work on detecting encrypted DNS blocking by OONI and CIS India
- New version of draft on requirements for recursive to authoritative DNS encryption in IETF DPRIVE WG
Overview of DNS Privacy Status
High level overview of ongoing work on DNS Privacy with monthly updates
DPRIVE Working Group
Catch up with the latest standards being developed to support DNS Privacy: DPRIVE Working group
Reference Material
For a list of useful RFCs, Internet Drafts and presentations see the Reference Material page.
Support
Thanks to NLnet Foundation and OTF for donations to support DNS Privacy work. Thanks for past support from Verisign Labs.
Running a DNS Privacy server
If you are interested in contributing by running a server see our how-to guide: Running a DNS Privacy server
Contact
If you are interested in contributing to the project please contact:
- Sara Dickinson (sara@sinodun.com)
- Allison Mankin (allison.mankin@gmail.com)
- Benno Overeinder (benno@NLnetLabs.nl)
JIRA and Bitbucket Access
To submit issues in the issue tracker and contribute to the code repositories create a user account:
