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DNS encryption protocols

The use of DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and DNS-over-TLS (DoT) as encryption protocols for DNS queries

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Jan 13, 2026
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Do DuckDuckGo browser extensions enable encrypted DNS by default?

DuckDuckGo’s browser extension is designed to block trackers and improve search privacy, but there is no evidence in the provided reporting that the DuckDuckGo browser extensions turn on encrypted DNS...

Jan 9, 2026

Which public DNS resolvers (Cloudflare, Google, OpenDNS, Quad9, etc.) return different results for duckduckgo.com and why?

Different public DNS resolvers — Cloudflare (1.1.1.1), Google (8.8.8.8), OpenDNS (208.67.222.222) and Quad9 (9.9.9.9) — usually resolve duckduckgo.com to the same set of authoritative IP addresses, bu...