This is founded by co-founders of NextDNS. But why? How is it different?
Because NextDNS is a for-profit company they probably can't get funding from the EU for these silly EU vanity projects so easily.
How is this a "silly EU vanity project"?
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Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer
#32So the end of NextDNS ?
NextDNS lets me pick what to block, I can't configure DNS0 except for the few variants that require me to change the DNS address completely. Also: I can't pay for DNS0, so how can I trust they stay up when I'm not their customer?
How can you trust any company you pay to stay up even if you are their customer? I've used discontinued products before. Paid subscriptions to companies that merge with others and the service no longer really exists.
Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because NextDNS is a for-profit company they probably can't get funding from the EU for these silly EU vanity projects so easily.
How is this a "silly EU vanity project"?
There is an EU fund for silly projects like Gaia-X which are mostly about vanity rather than actually producing anything useful. I am suggesting they've formed a non-profit to try and benefit from this fund.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well you'd think the EU would have more resources than a single company.
Most of those single digit addresses are in the hands of US corporations. Like 4.4.4.4 is Level 3.
2.0.0.0/16 and 2.2.0.0/16 are owned by Orange, a European company. I'm sure they'd be willing to lease 2.2.2.0/24 and 2.0.0.0/24 for a nominal fee
5.4.0.0/14 (so 5.5.5.5) is Telefonica Germany. Same thing there.
Mercedes owns 53.0.0.0/8 which feels like a nice number for DNS too.
Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer
#35> 193.110.81.0 Ah yes, easy to remember /s
212.142.28.66 is an IP address of a DNS server that has been stuck in my mind for 25 years now. That said the time where anyone would regularly configure DNS settings is long gone I imagine.
Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer
#36My router runs Unbound in order to rotate queries across a number of different DNS-over-TLS providers. I'll toss these guys into the mix as well out of curiosity just to see how it goes.
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#37The EU will actually start offering an official European DNS service later this year, not to be confused with this private initiative
It's called DNS4EU:
https://www.whalebone.io/dns4eu
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#38Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer
#39Is this actually affiliated with the EU, other than just being hosted in the EU?
Not affiliated with EU at all. Their branding and wording makes it look like they are until you scroll to the bottom and read the About. Admittedly I don't live in the EU so to some of you folks the non-affiliation may seem obvious.
> Their branding and wording makes it look like they are
Because the website is blue and mentions "European Union"?
It doesn't say anywhere that it's a official EU project, nor does it contain some of the famous "banners" that EU projects usually have in the footer to show their grants/funding, nor is it on a official EU domain.
Clearly a not-EU project from first glance.
Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer
#40Pity they couldn't get a cool IP address like Cloudflare and Google. Since without some source of DNS you can't reach dns0.eu it's good to have something memorable like 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8
yeah I think that's really a big shortcoming. It probably comes down to funding, but it results in a big usability issue. I'll never remember those IPs, and when I can so easily remember 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8, it's obvious what I'm always going to choose.