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DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by helb »

rmccue wrote: post #67
helb wrote: post #55

Before i start digging into it, does anybody know how they do "No mature videos on YouTube" (in the "kids" filter) with just DNS?

It appears this is functionality provided by YouTube themselves where you can set a CNAME: https://support.google.com/a/answer/6214622?hl=en#zippy=%2Co...

thanks, looks like you're right:

    $ kdig +tls www.youtube.com @kids.dns0.eu
    …
    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;; www.youtube.com.      IN A

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    www.youtube.com.              300  IN CNAME restrictmoderate.youtube.com.
    restrictmoderate.youtube.com. 1611 IN A     216.239.38.119

Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by __alexs »

mhitza wrote: post #74
__alexs wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Gaia-X isn't EU funded, it was just endorsed by EU parliament members. It's actually funded by different entities in the manufacturing industries (like car manufacturers). EU funded projects have distinctive markers on their pages.

It is funded by France and Germany e.g. https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilung...

Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by leokennis »

iruoy wrote: post #11

This is founded by co-founders of NextDNS. But why? How is it different?

For one, on NextDNS I can configure exactly what I want to block (i.e. enable arbitrary combinations of ad filter lists, whitelist domains etc.). This introduces complexity (IPv6 DNS addresses, binding your external IPv4 to a specific configuration etc.)

With DNS0 I just get an IPv4 address that blocks X, Y and Z.

So NextDNS is sort of the power user version of DNS0.

Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by izacus »

leohonexus wrote: post #29
preisschild wrote: post #20

Is 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.

> Admittedly I don't live in the EU so to some of you folks the non-affiliation may seem obvious.

The webpage is too nice looking and lacking the 30 poorly resized 80x80 EU institution logos. So yeah, not affiliated ;P

Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by ignoramous »

daneel_w wrote: post #36

My 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.

Better to send your queries to a single DNS provider (over TLS/HTTPS) rather than spread it out, because now, not one but multiple providers can build your browsing history. As someone who runs a public DNS resolver, I can tell you that it isn't that hard to build user profiles.

If you're running Unbound, might as well recurse DNS queries, instead of upstreaming it. If you are adamant on spreading DNS queries across multiple upstreams; doing so over ODoH and/or Anonymized DNSCrypt is what I'd recommend.

Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by eterevsky »

b3orn wrote: post #79
eterevsky wrote: post #77

It has quite extreme filtering: - No porn or other adult websites - No explicit search results - No mature videos on YouTube - No dating websites or apps - No mixed-content websites - No piracy - No ads

That seems to be only the case for the "childproof" version.

Ah, right, it has different DNS IPs.

Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by ignoramous »

tinco wrote: post #35
moffkalast wrote: post #6

> 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.

You lived in a pre-smartphone era, which has made the rest of us dumb...

Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by danuker »

nix23 wrote: post #85
danuker wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From Romania, I've been getting random delays/timeouts with quad9.

Please please inform them about it.

I seem to have worked around it with a DNS cache (systemd-resolved as the Linux instructions for dns0.eu suggest).

I don't have time or care enough to debug intermittent network issues, if they no longer bother me.

Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by dorfsmay »

daneel_w wrote: post #36

My 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.

Given the restrictions on this server which won't be on the other, adding it to a rotating list will make DNS answers inconsistant. Why would you want to do that?
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