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Mozilla Testing DNS-over-HTTPS in Firefox | SecurityWeek.Com
Mozilla is moving forward with yet another project designed to provide users with increased security: it is now testing DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) in Firefox stable.
Only a small group of users will enjoy the feature for now, as it is still in the testing phase, but Mozilla is determined to work with industry players for a larger rollout. When that will happen, however, remains to be seen.
Mozilla has been already testing DoH in its browser, looking into the time it takes to get a response from Cloudflare’s DoH resolver. With the test results positive, revealing great performance improvements even for the slowest users, the Internet organization has decided to move forward with its plans.
“A recent test in our Beta channel confirmed that DoH is fast and isn’t causing problems for our users. However, those tests only measure the DNS operation itself, which isn’t the whole story,” Mozilla’s Selena Deckelmann explains.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 01 2018, @02:02PM
Great, once the genii is out of the bottle... next JAVA script with DoH, by passing in-house DNS that kills blachole known sites. Soon 1.1.1.1 will have to be black holed in the firewalls, tossing 8.8.8.8 and 9.9.9.9 plus a slew of others.
Yes, there something to be said about bypassing your ISP's DNS, but you just gave EVERYONE the ability to bypass your own DNS.
Idiots with pointy heads.