Battle Which DNS would you choose for Security and Content blocking?

[Tempnexus]

I would like to add a second opinion Content and Malware blocking on top of my Sophos UTM.
Giving that speculation which DNS would you choose?
Norton DNS
Comodo DNS
Open DNS
Fools DNs

 

[Zorro]

I use Yandex DNS (with filtering of dangerous and phishing sites).

 

[computer man]

I use OpenNic, works for me.

 

[bayasdev]

Quad9

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

Cleanbrowsing.

 

[lordman]

What do you think is better for malware protection by DNS?, umbrella prosumer or Quad9?.

 

[RejZoR]

Neither. I'd use NextDNS coz it has bunch of block lists that you can use. But it's not playing well with my ASUS router so I'm not using it.

 

[Handsome Recluse]

Neither. I'd use NextDNS coz it has bunch of block lists that you can use. But it's not playing well with my ASUS router so I'm not using it.

Are the malware lists any good compared to Quad9 or OpenDNS? They seem to be using community ones.

 

[woodrowbone]

Neither. I'd use NextDNS coz it has bunch of block lists that you can use. But it's not playing well with my ASUS router so I'm not using it.

Hmm, I think read somewhere that if you want to have AiProtection enabled on the ASUS, you will not be able to change DNS?

/W

 

[RejZoR]

Are the malware lists any good compared to Quad9 or OpenDNS? They seem to be using community ones.

Not sure for malware, but tracker block lists are good.

Hmm, I think read somewhere that if you want to have AiProtection enabled on the ASUS, you will not be able to change DNS?

/W

No, you can have AiProtection and still use your own DNS, but Merlin's ASUS builds don't play well with NextDNS for some reason. With Cloudflare, it works perfectly.

 

[Threadripper]

AdGuard DNS: privacy-friendly, no-fuss DNS-over-HTTPS.

 

[Handsome Recluse]

@RejZoR Does the DNS filtering work when your IP is not 'linked'?

 

[skmedyczny]

In my opinion the best option is Norton DNS

 

[Burrito]

In my opinion the best option is Norton DNS

I think that Norton does not actively support that DNS anymore.

It used to be popular here... until support stopped.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

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[Burrito]

I just ran this DNS speed test.

Yeah, I always see Norton ConnectSafe on there. And it's fast too. So apparently the DNS still works.

I guess they just don't add any security filtering.

 

[ForgottenSeer 58943]

1) Pi-Hole
2) My own encrypted DNS (non-disclosed)
3) CleanBrowsing DNS - Protecting our families and kids when visiting the web. Free DNS Parental Control, DNS Filter and Web filter.

Those three would be my picks.

 

[Aggravatorx]

im going to say done is right i tried them all also and google by far is the most reliable and fastest to me

 

[bayasdev]

Cloudflare is faster than anything else here, Quad9/CleanBrowsing ain't that slow but sometimes they take up to 900ms to process a request. Other DNS servers manage to serve lookups in less than 90 ms.

 

[bribon77]

I used Norton DNS for a long time, but now I use Cloudflare, because I see them faster.

 

[RejZoR]

im going to say done is right i tried them all also and google by far is the most reliable and fastest to me

Last thing ANYONE should want is having Google see EVERYTHING you visit.