Guide | How To How to Encrypt Your DNS for More Secure Browsing

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zikoeidos

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Feb 25, 2014
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Hi Guys
We all know the benefits of third.party DNS servers . and there is one additional benefit it's the ability to encrypt all of your DNS requests for protection for you from anybody who's trying to spy on you .
DNScrypt is the best solution from OpenDNS. so enough talking and let's get to work
First thing you need to do is download this instalation package Here
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Now you have to creat a folder in your desktop called DNScrypt

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Now let's get to work
1) Open an elevated command prompt as administrator
2) enter the following command
cd “C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\DNSCrypt\bin”

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Now you'll need to install the proxy service to that enter this :
dnscrypt-proxy.exe --resolver-name=opendns --resolvers-list="C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\DNSCrypt\bin\dnscrypt-resolvers.csv" --test=0

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If your CMD window looks like the image above re-enter the same command but change test=0 to install
dnscrypt-proxy.exe --resolver-name=opendns --resolvers-list="C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\DNSCrypt\bin\dnscrypt-resolvers.csv" --install

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3) Change your DNS Setting

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Change the Preferred DNS server to “127.0.0.1” then click “OK”
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open the TCP/IPv6 settings and change the DNS settings to “::1”


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congrat Now you have successfully and completely secure and encrypted DNS connection
 
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marzametal

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Jun 10, 2014
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I was looking for a way to do this a while ago, but had no luck... might give it a shot with this tutorial... thanks a lot!

What happens if the user has a TAP Driver? Or doesn't it matter since the VPN has its own DNS addresses?

My VPN is about to introduce their own in-house DNS addresses... So, how to fully uninstall DNSCrypt? (or is swapping --install with --uninstall enough)
 
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zikoeidos

Level 1
Thread author
Verified
Feb 25, 2014
20
I was looking for a way to do this a while ago, but had no luck... might give it a shot with this tutorial... thanks a lot!

What happens if the user has a TAP Driver? Or doesn't it matter since the VPN has its own DNS addresses?

My VPN is about to introduce their own in-house DNS addresses... So, how to fully uninstall DNSCrypt? (or is swapping --install with --uninstall enough)
just use vpn with no fear and if you want to unistall enter the previous commands except the --install change it to uninstall
 
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