You may have noticed a setting on Android called Private DNS. It's on by default, and you're best off leaving it that way.

Encrypting DNS requests. Whenever a user goes to a website or any other entity over the Internet, the DNS system converts the name (Apple.com, Google.com, etc.) to the IP address of the server. With ...

You've installed a VPN. Great! But to take your security to the next level, pro-level settings like a kill switch and multi-hop will really lock your data down. Here's how to enable them.

The new Cloudflare DNS server, 1.1.1.1, is a free, fast, and “privacy-focused” way to connect URLs to IP addresses. Cloudflare is an internet security service that helps to secure and speed up ...

The IETF has standardized DNS over HTTPS (DOH), which encrypts DNS queries so eavesdroppers can’t tell what sites users connect to. Unauthorized interception of DNS traffic provides enough information ...

I have a complex personal network; there's basically three locations, each with its own DHCP/DNS setup (dnsmasq). Each network has a 10.x.y.0/24 network and a subdomain out of internal.example.com ...

There may be times when Internet access seems to crawl, even when you are connected through a broadband connection and do not have other people on your network using bandwidth. Topher, an avid Mac ...

Internet pioneer Paul Vixie thinks the way many individuals and organizations have configured their internet connections is costing them privacy and time. Vixie helped develop the domain name system, ...