erserver.blogg.se - Opendns dnscrypt

So it is more versatile than cloudflared. After looking at it, I found this a better solution since not only does is support DoH and DNS over TLS (which cloudflared does as well), it also support DNSCrypt. So I did some digging around and came across a recommendation to use dnscrypt-proxy instead of cloudflared. After further investigation I found the root case to be the DNS requests to Cloudflare: This started driving me up the wall some what. However I did have an issue where my connection seemed to drop or hang randomly. My instance was running along with cloudflared to allow for my external DNS requests to take place of DoH.

Allows you to leverage more secure DNS technologies such as DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) for all devices.

Gives you visibility to what is happening on your own network.

Allows you to block addition sites which you want.

All devices on the network can be protected using this measure (as opposed to say just a browser on a single desktop PC). This is much more effective than using ad-blockers.

Allows you to block adverts and malware at a DNS level.

It's a fantastic tool for several reasons, namely: