Privacy-preserving services

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Non-logging and contra-censor recursive DNS resolver
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Tor bridge/.onion versions of Pale Moon websites
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Re: Privacy-preserving services

Post by hujan86 » 2025-09-24, 19:54

Moonchild wrote: ↑
2025-09-16, 21:25
 dns.palemoon.org
Strangely can't connect when I entered this in Android's Private DNS Mode hostname setting
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Re: Privacy-preserving services

Post by back2themoon » 2025-09-24, 20:11

hujan86 wrote: ↑
2025-09-24, 19:54
Moonchild wrote: ↑
2025-09-16, 21:25
 dns.palemoon.org
Strangely can't connect when I entered this in Android's Private DNS Mode hostname setting
Not strange at all. It is not meant for that "Private DNS" section.

Actually, nowhere in the configuration settings is dns.palemoon.org mentioned.
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Re: Privacy-preserving services

Post by Moonchild » 2025-09-24, 20:53

back2themoon wrote: ↑
2025-09-24, 20:11
 Actually, nowhere in the configuration settings is dns.palemoon.org mentioned.
That's because specifying a dns server by name doesn't work. You need dns to resolve the hostname, to get the address for the dns server. That would be a chicken and egg problem.

I also don't know what "Private DNS" is, exactly, but it wouldn't suprise me if that is DoH, and not normal DNS?
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Re: Privacy-preserving services

Post by back2themoon » 2025-09-24, 21:15

Moonchild wrote: ↑
2025-09-24, 20:53
I also don't know what "Private DNS" is, exactly, but it wouldn't suprise me if that is DoH, and not normal DNS?
Should be a generic naming convention for encrypted DNS, in the Android network settings. I believe Android currently only supports DoT at the OS level.

Now, the "Private/Secure DNS" setting in Android browsers could very well be DoH.
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Re: Privacy-preserving services

Post by jobbautista9 » 2025-09-25, 02:25

Moonchild wrote: ↑
2025-09-24, 20:53
back2themoon wrote: ↑
2025-09-24, 20:11
 Actually, nowhere in the configuration settings is dns.palemoon.org mentioned.
That's because specifying a dns server by name doesn't work. You need dns to resolve the hostname, to get the address for the dns server. That would be a chicken and egg problem.

I also don't know what "Private DNS" is, exactly, but it wouldn't suprise me if that is DoH, and not normal DNS?
It's DoT and available since Android 9: https://vpnac.org/knowledgebase/128/DNS ... oid-9.html

I don't think there's a system-wide native (i.e. not requiring a VPN wrapper when not rooted) setting for DoH in Android yet, or at least AFAICS...
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Re: Privacy-preserving services

Post by jarsealer » 2025-09-26, 11:15

hujan86 wrote: ↑
2025-09-24, 19:54
 Strangely can't connect when I entered this in Android's Private DNS Mode hostname setting
Private DNS in android is for encrypted DNS. it only works with providers that have DoT.

You can use pale moon's DNS in your saved network's settings, by changing "IP settings" from DHCP to static, and then enter the IP address(es) of the DNS server in the DNS 1 and DNS 2 lists.
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Re: Privacy-preserving services

Post by Bilbo47 » 2025-09-29, 13:37

For testing which DNS servers are fastest from your location, several tools exist including DNSBenchmark from GRC.
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