Domain Name System (DNS)

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Encrypted ICANN DNS Providers

ICANN DNS Provider Server Locations Privacy Policy Type Logging Protocols DNSSEC QNAME Minimization Filtering Source Code
AdGuard Anycast (based in Cyprus) WWW Commercial No DoH, DoT, DNSCrypt Yes Yes Ads, trackers, malicious domains WWW
BlahDNS Switzerland, Japan, Germany WWW Hobby Project No DoH, DoT, DNSCrypt Yes Yes Ads, trackers, malicious domains WWW
Cloudflare Anycast (based in US) WWW Commercial Some DoH, DoT, DNSCrypt Yes Yes No WWW
CZ.NIC Czech Republic WWW Association No DoH, DoT Yes Yes ? ?
dnswarden Germany WWW Hobby Project No DoH, DoT, DNSCrypt Yes Yes Based on server choice ?
Foundation for Applied Privacy Austria WWW Non-Profit Some DoH, DoT Yes Yes No ?
nextdns Anycast (based in US) WWW Commercial Based on user choice DoH, DoT, DNSCrypt Yes Yes Based on user choice ?
PowerDNS The Netherlands WWW Hobby Project No DoH Yes No No WWW
Quad9 Anycast (based in US) WWW Non-Profit Some DoH, DoT, DNSCrypt Yes Yes Malicious domains ?
SecureDNS The Netherlands WWW Hobby Project No DoH, DoT, DNSCrypt Yes Yes Based on server choice ?
UncensoredDNS Anycast (based in Denmark) WWW Hobby Project No DoT Yes No No ?

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