Show HN: nextdns.io – A Combination of Cloudflare DNS and Pi-Hole

Post by nextdns » Sun, May 26, 2019, 4:57 AM UTC

cromka wrote: post #47

nextdns wrote: post #2

We've been working super hard on nextdns.io, a cloud-based private DNS service that gives you full control over what is allowed or blocked on your devices. Here is a few things you can do with it: - Block malicious websites, trackers, ads, and more by combining the most popular blocklists out there, all updated in real-time (100+ lists to choose from). - Set your own privacy requirements: you decide what type of logs…

I am in the East Coast with 100Mbit fiber: dig @5.182.208.203 google.com ;; Query time: 390 msec

Post by nextdns » Sun, May 26, 2019, 4:59 AM UTC

brians wrote: post #38

nextdns wrote: post #2

We've been working super hard on nextdns.io, a cloud-based private DNS service that gives you full control over what is allowed or blocked on your devices. Here is a few things you can do with it: - Block malicious websites, trackers, ads, and more by combining the most popular blocklists out there, all updated in real-time (100+ lists to choose from). - Set your own privacy requirements: you decide what type of logs…

What about client subnet?

Post by LogicX » Sun, May 26, 2019, 5:01 AM UTC

terragon wrote: post #40

nextdns wrote: post #2

We've been working super hard on nextdns.io, a cloud-based private DNS service that gives you full control over what is allowed or blocked on your devices. Here is a few things you can do with it: - Block malicious websites, trackers, ads, and more by combining the most popular blocklists out there, all updated in real-time (100+ lists to choose from). - Set your own privacy requirements: you decide what type of logs…

I tried using it. I'm in India, and while Cloudflare and Google DNS consistently resolve in 60-70ms, nextdns takes between 400-700ms for the first resolution and consistently 250ms for the same query repeated (I presume it caches the results?) Should I assume you've gotten a huge spike in traffic because of this HN post? If yes, I don't mind trying again in a few days, but unless things improve, I wouldn't be able to…

Post by Sebguer » Sun, May 26, 2019, 6:12 AM UTC

underwater wrote: post #30

nextdns wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Motivations: like most tech startups, scratching your own itch :) Funding: Free during beta, then freemium with low pricing tiers (something like free up to 500,000 DNS queries a month, then $0.99/month). We will tweak later based on actual costs at scale, but it will follow this logic.

I wouldn't know if 500k is a little or a lot.

Post by yegle » Sun, May 26, 2019, 6:14 AM UTC

svnpenn wrote: post #53

yegle wrote: post #23

I don't understand why any privacy conscious person would choose a hosted service instead of self-hosting your own solution. Implementing the whole thing (modulo the anycast IP, which is the only thing I did not use) is easy. I have a docker-compose file which does the whole stack: 1. Unbound DNS which provides DNS-over-TLS service at port 853. It forward request to my local pihole's 53 port. 2. Pihole forward reques…

I don't know how you can say that's easy with a straight face. You just mentioned at least 5 software projects and/or technologies that a large bulk of people have never heard of.