Advice Request NextDNS thoughts and experiences?

[Jan Willy]

If you are afraid (or sad) that NextDNS blocks all telemetry (what delivers undesired effects) I refer to a tweet from NextDNS. They talk about abusive telemetry.
Introducing Native Tracking Protection: block system-level trackers and abusive telemetry from Xiaomi, Huawei, Windows and others. Those can't be blocked by browser privacy extensions.
And see for details: new privacy feature: native tracking protection · nextdns/metadata@336240a

 

[redsworn]

I'm currently trying Adguard Home with NextDNS as upstream resolver. Looking very good so far. I only activate the security features on NextDNS and let AdGuard Home do the filtering job for easier management.
Because of this setup I can cut down my filters on uBO by approximately up to 75%. I don't know if it's just a placebo effect but now my browsers feel lighter/snappier and page loading feels even more faster than before.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

I don't know if it's just a placebo effect but now my browsers feel lighter/snappier and page loading feels even more faster than before.

This is mostly because of locally caching.

NextDNS is a secure provider. Good choice

 

[Jan Willy]

NextDNS offers an internetservice for everyone. It's a free analysis tool to check if a website is disguising third-party trackers as first-party trackers (CNAME Cloaking).
See TrackingTheTrackers.com

 

[ForgottenSeer 78429]

I am using NextDNS since last month and I find it a good alternative for Adguard on android without any battery expense. I use it on my desktop too and in one month I could barely reach near 100,000. If you use Firefox or any other browser with adblocker support then you won't need Adguard or Blokada for your mobile. On other browsers it will block ads but you will be missing cosmetic filtering of Adguard.

 

[silversurfer]

Anyone tried out "NextDNS for Windows" from your user account: NextDNS

NextDNS for Windows
Encrypted DNS, covers all networks automatically (including public Wi-Fi), bypasses censorship, Hardened Privacy mode and more.

1. Download the installer here.
2. After installing, right-click on NextDNS icon in the Systray then open the Settings. Set your ID as Configuration ID.
3. Right-click on NextDNS icon in the Systray, then click on Enable.

 

[oldschool]

Anyone tried out "NextDNS for Windows" from your user account: NextDNS

I just re-installed it after not using it for some time. I'm using NextDNS, AdguardDNS and Steven Black's lists + Native Tracking Protection + Disguised 3rd party trackers. Its Analytics page shows blocked domains and blocklist involved, so you can tweak your lists. Nice.

 

[Ink]

There is no way to use NextDNS without an account, correct?

 

[oldschool]

There is no way to use NextDNS without an account, correct?

I believe you may use it as DOH but no blocklists, etc.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

There is no way to use NextDNS without an account, correct?

Correct but account is free by default until 300k queries/ month which no normal person ever reach.

 

[Brahman]

Correct but account is free by default until 300k queries/ month which no normal person ever reach.

Well if you connect all your family members devices( which i have, 1 desktop pc, two laptops, 4 mobile phone ) to one account you will generate more than 300k. Last month i have crossed the limit and i paid them 2 dollars ( just to support them). This month i have installed Mikrotik hAP Ac router ( which supports DOH) and it has DNS cache functionality. This has reduce my dns query numbers dramatically. This month with all my family devices i may not cross 100K.

 

[Ink]

@JoyousBudweiser Are there any limits to the number of devices using one account?

Did NextDNS take the payment automatically?

 

[Brahman]

@JoyousBudweiser Are there any limits to the number of devices using one account?

Did NextDNS take the payment automatically?

No. you can use unlimited number of devices. You can create unlimited number of configurations in one account itself and separate log for each device. I paid through my visa credit card. I am not sure about automatic recurring payments. i only paid them once. If you don't want to pay you can create an account for each device and can reduce the number of queries per month with in the free limit.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

They implement now 2FA!

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

New feature:
CNAME Flattening

Prevent CNAME-chasing resolvers from making unnecessary queries and pollute the logs with intermediate domains. Recommended for macOS, iOS or when running unbound.

Note: your router may be using unbound as resolver without making it obvious.

It strips CNAMEs from the answers (and adjust the TTL accordingly)

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Thanks to Andy, i figure out that NextDNS also protect against DNS Rebinding

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

The NextDNS team has improved Logs

We are releasing some improvements to our Logs feature:

1. Streaming — displays queries as they are made.
2. Simple mode — deduplicates A/AAAA/HTTPS queries and hides more advanced queries (that do not result in direct connections), and more.

Quick demo video:

 

[sepik]

What's "vds.pool.385893" ?
Hmm..
-sepik

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Introducing Recreation Time

Introducing Recreation Time — only allow some websites, apps and games during a specific time period each day of the week.

E.g., only allow Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and Fortnite on Wednesdays and Fridays between 6:30pm and 8pm, and on Saturdays and Sundays between 1pm and 8pm.



Feedback welcome!

 

[Brahman]

Introducing Recreation Time

I think Nextdns is the best thing ever happened in the year 2020, everything else was just hell.