1.1.1.1 or NextDNS

[That Guy]

So been using 1.1.1.1 on all my devices since it launched and it’s been fine, was watching a podcast and they were talking about NextDNS and it seems really good, the analytics look good and you can setup different profiles depending on device/location. It basically means you have allot more control of what it does.

Some Questions....

• Does anyone have any experience with NextDNS? If so what are your thoughts and experiences?
• I believe 1.1.1.1 started as just a DNS but is now a VPN too so connections on public WiFi are secured?
• Does NextDNS secure your connection in the same way or is it just the DNS (so not good on public WiFi)?

Thoughts, comments and recommendations please

 

[Janesy B]

Next DNS looks like a DNS sinkhole rather than a VPN service. DNS requests will be filtered and dropped if they are for malicious websites. Your traffic wouldn't be encrypted.

1.1.1.1 just seems to be a brand cloudflare are going with, and that covers their public DNS service and their VPN.

 

[opethdisciple]

I think what your actually describing when you say (Does NextDNS secure your connection in the same way?) is the use of DNS over HTTPS (DoH).

I believe both providers support this and definitely Cloudflare do. (which I use)

You need to enable it in your browser. I know Firefox, Chrome and Edge have the ability to turn this on which will effectively tunnels your dns queries over https which adds encryption to the communications.

I believe NextDNS is trust worthy. They are an option to use for DoH in Firefox and I think Google has a list of approved dns providers to use DoH with.

But please do your on research on this point as I may not be 100% accurate on that without looking it up.

This will tell you if you have ESNI enabled.

I found this which doesn't list NextDNS.