I recommend using OISD list in NextDNS which cover a lot sources
NextDNS thoughts and experiences?
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- Feb 25, 2017
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Do you have any info about a new major release with new relevant security/privacy features that are coming in the future?
Sadly not.
I'm active in their forum but not a team member and at the moment they doesn't published anything.
"Filter logs by block list/rule" is common soon:
github.com
Filter logs by block list/rule? · Issue #646 · nextdns/metadata
Hello, would it be possible to add some sort of way to filter the logs by block list or rule? It's very difficult to find the domains that were blocked by a specific list. Thanks!
github.com
I installed NextDNS on my computer, but had issues with my VPN ( Windscribe Pro). I have now installed it on Chrome (90% of my browsing) for a week and so far no conflicts. Likewise, I have disabled R.O.B.E.R.T (DNS included in Windscribe Pro) I still use Ublock Origin and Microsoft Defender Browser Protection.
AmnestyTech/investigations was added to the Threat Intelligence feed: Merge pull request #736 from drego85/patch-4 · nextdns/metadata@c548975
So every NextDNS user is protected by default
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And here the Twitter post:
So every NextDNS user is protected by default
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And here the Twitter post:
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- Feb 25, 2017
- 2,597
New AI-Driven Threat Detection popped up in my NextDNS dashboard:
- Jul 8, 2012
- 906
Hmm I am curious about it, but I am not sure yet if I will activate it at the moment?
- Feb 25, 2017
- 2,597
- Jul 8, 2012
- 906
Well whenever I see the word "AI" then I become a bit sceptical. I start thinking " Is it really good... will it block things that it should not block? " But until I know a bit more about their AI Driven Threat Detection BETA, I am not going to activate it. Do not get me wrong, I trust NextDNS, but I will wait and see what is going to be said about it by other members here, before I activate it.Why not?
- Feb 25, 2017
- 2,597
Aight, I will test it for sure as I was waiting so long for something new in NextDNS. Will keep you updated.
- Jul 8, 2012
- 906
Appreciate that.Aight, I will test it for sure as I was waiting so long for something new in NextDNS. Will keep you updated.
New AI feature
I activated the new AI feature, because this is relative old technology. Always wondered why NextDNS was behind on this area. Glad to see they finally decided to use AI/ML. I don't mind that it is in BETA, Next DNS has so much traffic that the AI-engine is probably sufficiently trained for my average every day usage. Here is nice article explaining that OpenDNS/Cisco Umbrella started to experiment with AI in 2012 and decided to add it to their paid protection services in 2015:
- Umbrella CISCO article
umbrella.cisco.com
- OPEN DNS (read page 6 and 7 of the pdf): [PDF] Automated Protection Against Advanced Attacks - Free Download PDF
Easy risk reduction
Another easy attack surface reduction tip (when your langauge uses latin characters) is to block all TLD's using non-latin characters. Near zero chance you will ever land on websites using a non-latin charset TLD ever by yourself. A risk reduction which should not impact usability (only increases security).
I activated the new AI feature, because this is relative old technology. Always wondered why NextDNS was behind on this area. Glad to see they finally decided to use AI/ML. I don't mind that it is in BETA, Next DNS has so much traffic that the AI-engine is probably sufficiently trained for my average every day usage. Here is nice article explaining that OpenDNS/Cisco Umbrella started to experiment with AI in 2012 and decided to add it to their paid protection services in 2015:
- Umbrella CISCO article
OpenDNS Advances Predictive Security Using Data Science and Sound Wave Technology
OpenDNS is unveiling two new detection models that have been developed by the company’s data science team.
umbrella.cisco.com
- OPEN DNS (read page 6 and 7 of the pdf): [PDF] Automated Protection Against Advanced Attacks - Free Download PDF
Easy risk reduction
Another easy attack surface reduction tip (when your langauge uses latin characters) is to block all TLD's using non-latin characters. Near zero chance you will ever land on websites using a non-latin charset TLD ever by yourself. A risk reduction which should not impact usability (only increases security).
- Mar 29, 2018
- 7,697
NextDNS went CPU crazy today while testing phishing links and I had to uninstall it. I don't know if the client got overloaded or what ...
Went back to Quad9 since I prefer not to install a DNS client.
Went back to Quad9 since I prefer not to install a DNS client.
- Jul 8, 2012
- 906
Well I noticed nothing weird with NextDNS today, but I have it set through YogaDNS not through NextDNS own software.NextDNS went CPU crazy today while testing phishing links and I had to uninstall it. I don't know if the client got overloaded or what ...
Went back to Quad9 since I prefer not to install a DNS client.
- Jul 5, 2019
- 607
My experience is that the NextDNS app (for Windows) is buggy. That's why I don't use it anymore.
- Jul 8, 2012
- 906
Guess I made the lucky choice then by using it through YogaDNS.
- Aug 21, 2020
- 609
NextDNS is amazing. I pray they won't sell it to Cloudflare or whatever horrible company wants to capitalize on the data. It works well with Apple iCloud Private Relay. I'm not sure if the queries get sent separately or if they travel through Apple's VPN tunnel.
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