OoenDNS is nothing special, they were bought out by Cisco a while back. Don’t use that trash anyway.
What is a good alternative in this context?
Quad9 DNS is a not-for-profit run by Quad9 Foundation based out of Switzerland.
They offer recursive resolvers, DNSSEC, DoH, DoT, QUIC protocol, they have the standard IPv4 and IPv6 plus have malware blocking/filtering and ECS or choose everything unfiltered.
Benefits are no-log policies, private, no data sold or shared per the transparency report
I’ve been promoting and advocating for them for probably close to a decade when I found them as a tech support guy. Personally, I’ve got my workplace setup this way, any friends and family, other businesses I consult for, and my VPN custom-configured to utilize these services.
Request History and Summaries
Interesting, if I understand this section correctly, 2026 was the first year they had requests for data, despite their guidance and not having any ability to respond to a request.
Edit: more interestingly, this test domain lists 1 instance directly, not via a transparency canary. https://www-test.quad9.net/about/transparency-report/
Why is that www-test? Funky domain, no?
Really useful recommendation, thanks!
Quad9 eh? I’ll take a look at them, thanks!
You won’t be disappointed! I’ve been in the tech/IT space since the late 90s (fuck I’m old) and I started getting weary of shit online since the late 2010s. I really started my privacy dive in 2015-2016 when I got rid of all social media. Never had an issue with Quad9!
If you’re near Canada you can use CIRA. https://www.cira.ca/en/canadian-shield/configure/home-router/
For IPv4, enter: 149.112.121.10 and 149.112.122.10
For IPv6, enter: 2620:10A:80BB::10 and 2620:10A:80BC::10
