On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 15:04:09 -0600 Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As many of you know recent releases of Firefox have implemented DNS > over HTTPS (their own idea as opposed to the standard DNS over TLS), > which bypasses your local DNS and uses cloudfare's DNS server on port > 443. A bit more reading, in case you don't have enough to do. "On Friday, Mozilla said it plans to implement the DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) protocol by default in its Firefox browser, with a slow rollout starting in late September. "Under development since 2017, DoH transfers domain name system queries – which try to match domain names with server IP addresses – over an encrypted HTTPS connection rather than an unprotected HTTP one. This prevents third-parties like network service providers from seeing the websites internet users visit. Though DoH provides more privacy than the status quo, it's controversial where lack of privacy is assumed or required, such as monitored environments that insist on content filtering, among other reasons." https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/09/mozilla_firefox_dns/ -- "When we talk of civilization, we are too apt to limit the meaning of the word to its mere embellishments, such as arts and sciences; but the true distinction between it and barbarism is, that the one presents a state of society under the protection of just and well-administered law, and the other is left to the chance government of brute force." - The Rev. James White, Eighteen Christian Centuries, 1889 Key fingerprint = 38DD CE9F 9725 42DD E29A EB11 7514 6D37 A332 10CB https://charlescurley.com /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
