DNSCrypt or SimpleDNSCrypt ?

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DNSCrypt or SimpleDNSCrypt ? .... what is your experience ?

I did a forum search before posting this and found only a few ( indirect ) mentions .

It looks like SimpleDNSCrypt 0.4.2 is actively updated , but DNSCrypt 0.0.6 is showing as last updated July 2013
( Source : MajorGeeks )

Has anybody tried both of these ?

I first looked at this a few months back and read reports of some systems having internet connections
messed up in a way that is difficult to fix ( can't find the references now .... Doh ! )

Any info on pros and cons would be very much appreciated

Thanks folks !
 
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I also use Simple DNSCrypt. However it seems that it has problems in the fact I need to manually restart the service in order to have an internet so I've temporary removed it. Reported the issue on GitHub but no reply. Anyone who has experienced this here?
 
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liubomirwm said:
I also use Simple DNSCrypt. However it seems that it has problems in the fact I need to manually restart the service in order to have an internet so I've temporary removed it. Reported the issue on GitHub but no reply. Anyone who has experienced this here?
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Same here. No connectivity after a restart/reboot. Major annoyance. Uninstalled and will revert to DNScrypt when time allows.
 
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liubomirwm said:
I also use Simple DNSCrypt. However it seems that it has problems in the fact I need to manually restart the service in order to have an internet so I've temporary removed it. Reported the issue on GitHub but no reply. Anyone who has experienced this here?
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Thank you !

That's exactly what I wanted to hear about ..... the borked systems , not the " smooth runnings "

I had a good look at GitHub , and elsewhere , before I started this thread .

So I installed it on a "disposable" W7 rig an hour ago , and when I get time later , I will do my very best to vandalize it :)
If I succeed in breaking it I'll post back here with the details ....
 
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Simple DNSCrypt is just a GUI for DNSCrypt. The publisher updates it on a not-frequent basis.

DNSCrypt itself has issues. For example, sometimes your system will show the black exclamation mark inside the yellow triangle over-top of the network tray icon. If you run the network troubleshooter it will return "Cannot connect to the DNS server." It could be the DNS server you have selected is temporarily having issues or there is something amiss with DNSCrypt itself. For DNSCrypt specific issues they need to be reported on the DNSCrypt GitHub.
 
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In the past simple guy like me, have using SimpleDnscrypt. Yeah and if i remember right there was an issue after using, it screw up all networkconnection's. So have to manually do changes, so it works again. I have also VPN, so i could call issue was that combine. Well, some cmd ipconfig/flushdns etc command and worked again. Well, i decided uninstall it, no need to use it after all. Thank you.
 
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BugCode said:
In the past simple guy like me, have using SimpleDnscrypt. Yeah and if i remember right there was an issue after using, it screw up all networkconnection's. So have to manually do changes, so it works again. I have also VPN, so i could call issue was that combine. Well, some cmd ipconfig/flushdns etc command and worked again. Well, i decided uninstall it, no need to use it after all. Thank you.
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The Simple DNSCrypt publisher fixed that -- where uninstalling Simple DNSCrypt did not reset networking settings to default. That was fixed months ago.

Simple DNSCrypt gets blamed for a lot of the problems that are actually due to issues with DNSCrypt itself.
 
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Lockdown said:
Simple DNSCrypt is just a GUI for DNSCrypt. The publisher updates it on a not-frequent basis.

DNSCrypt itself has issues. For example, sometimes your system will show the black exclamation mark inside the yellow triangle over-top of the network tray icon. If you run the network troubleshooter it will return "Cannot connect to the DNS server." It could be the DNS server you have selected is temporarily having issues or there is something amiss with DNSCrypt itself. For DNSCrypt specific issues they need to be reported on the DNSCrypt GitHub.
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It can't be because of the server in my case. I use Cisco's OpenDNS servers which are Anycast. I'm not sure if it's due to SimpleDNSCrypt or the other one but the developer of DNSCrypt also looks at Simple's GitHub so we'll see.
 
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Some practices I do when using Simple DNSCrypt

1) Choose resolvers which don't disconnect often. Search the net for this
2) Do NOT enable 'Start when Windows start' for the contest with other programs during start up can cause conflict. Same for VPN. I'll let the system starts up first then enable the VPN and Simple DNSCrypt
3) Before system shuts down disable Simple DNSCrypt and VPN.
4) Security software like Avast Internet Security, Yandex browser and some VPN have this Secure DNS feature which can clash with Simple DNSCrypt. Disable Simple DNSCrypt here.
 
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I loved DNSCrypt. But ultimately had to uninstall it because of a strange issue and I want to know if anyone else experiences this.

If you use DNSCrypt for a very long time, it will simply stop running after a while. I created a scheduled task to restart dnscrypt-proxy whenever it happens. But it's nonetheless frustrating. I never got to the bottom of it and gave up.
:(
 
Can Adguard DNS avoid MITM attacks? or only DNSCrypt can?
 
is there any alternative for DNS crypt? I mean a new one, not an old one.
if I encrypt my internet connections with smth like this:
tcpcrypt - Home
still I need DNS crypt or similar tools?
 
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public enemy said:
is there any alternative for DNS crypt? I mean a new one, not an old one.
if I encrypt my internet connections with smth like this:
tcpcrypt - Home
still I need DNS crypt or similar tools?
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Quote from the link

Tcpcrypt is opportunistic encryption. If the other end speaks Tcpcrypt, then your traffic will be encrypted; otherwise it will be in clear text. Thus, Tcpcrypt alone provides no guarantees—it is best effort. If, however, a Tcpcrypt connection is successful and any attackers that exist are passive, then Tcpcrypt guarantees privacy.
 
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