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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by boo@lemmy.one to c/privacyguides@lemmy.one

Some requests seem to take ~1300ms (google) or 700ms(cloudflare). and some are just 4ms.

+non filtering, I run my own pihole.

would cs-india good?

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[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

NextDNS is good

[-] bookworm@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

cs-india is the only public DNSCrypt server located in India that I can find. There's dns.therifleman.name but it's DoH. Still works with the DNSCrypt client though. Both have filters.

Have you tried specifying your preferences in the config file and letting DNSCrypt find the best server?

[-] boo@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Have you tried specifying your preferences in the config file and letting DNSCrypt find the best server?

Can you elaborate a bit on this? This isbwaht i have been trying to do. When it starts up it checks latency from the lists i have provided and uses them some order.

[-] Fontasia@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Test out quad9

dns.quad9.net 9.9.9.9

[-] user@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

run a DNS benchmark. saw some video about some site. can't find the name. this is some other website I searched. try them out let us know how you went. https://www.dnsperf.com/dns-speed-benchmark

[-] FutileRecipe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If you run, your own Pihole, any reason why you're not just doing unbound? That's what I usually suggest to most people who do.

https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/

[-] boo@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

My internet provider loves to hijack DNS requests. It desn't matter if I use 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 it gives the same poisoned reply with e.g "As per court orders this website is blocked".

Just glanced through it, but I think my setup is quite similar. Haven't compared feature wise.

client -> pihole (docker) -> dnscrypt-proxy (docker)

And dnscrypt-proxy can be given a list of DoH, DNSCrypt servers it chooses based on some scheme

[-] scott@lem.free.as 1 points 1 year ago

Unbound does DoT, DoH, etc.

[-] Vexz@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Try NextDNS. They have DNS servers all over the world and use anycast. As long as you don't need DNS blocking you don't even have to pay and you can send unlimited amounts of DNS requests. Check the latency here. They support DoT, DoH, DoQ and DNScrypt.

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