That story mentions Cloudfare for families launched on April 1st, 2020, but just under that there is an image showing, among others, Norton in a comparison. Trouble is, Norton DNS (ConnectSafe) has been dead for years. https://community.norton.com/en/forums/retirement-announcement-norton-tm-connectsafe
Has anyone ever ran this test and it showed they were using secure dns. https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/encrypted-sni/
I use cloudflare DOH in firefox, and windows ethernet settings with encryption preferred. fallback is cloudflare dns on 1.1.1.1
I started using the Cloudflare Malware DNS over HTTPS in my chrome Secure DNS setting. It seems to be faster than the DNS i had before. I could also use Cloudflare HTTPS Malware servers 1.1.1.2 and 1.0.0.2 instead.
DNS over HTTPS You can send DNS queries in an encrypted fashion for 1.1.1.1 for Families. If you have DNS over HTTPS compliant client, use the following URLs to use 1.1.1.1 for Families. Block Malware To block all malware use the following URL: https://security.cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query Block Malware and Adult Content To block all malware and adult content use following URL: https://family.cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query
Quad9’s DNS blocking service has recently been part of an independent test done to compare various DNS-based blocking systems. https://quad9.com/news/blog/dns-blocking-effectiveness-recent-independent-tests/
NextDNS, it works pretty well, both on Windows and Android, effectively blocking malware and adult content, those are hard to combine, usually it is either one or another.
I use Quad9 DoH with Windows desktop browsers, and AdGuard DoH with Android browsers (Bromite and/or Kiwi). I curate a list of ad-and-malware blocking DoH and DoT servers, primarily for Android users in North America: https://github.com/VernonStow/ad-block-dns/blob/main/list
OpenDNS DOH is the best and fastest DNS i have ever tried. It is supposed to filter malware at least according to AdGuard Android App. I have it on my desktop chrome browser now taking it for a test drive. When i do a dnsleaktest it shows 4 servers instead of only one. That could have something to do with it. https://doh.opendns.com/dns-query
It is easy to like Quad9 DoH, Very fast and blocks Malware sites and other bad stuff. I loved OpenDNS DOH but don't know if it was blocking any malware sites, so i am with Quad9 DoH now on desktop chrome and android phone.
