NextDNS

NextDNS Inc. is a DNS resolver based in California, USA that allows users to filter traffic using blacklists.[5] It was founded by two French-Americans: Olivier Poitrey, the Director of Engineering at Netflix and Co-Founder of Dailymotion, and Romain Cointepas who was previously Head of Mobile & TV at Dailymotion.[5] It provides native applications for most platforms, all of which transfer the DNS query using DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH). NextDNS claims "[They] are true supporters of the net neutrality and Internet privacy"[6] and positions itself as a privacy-focused public DNS resolver. The service is often compared to a hosted version of Pi-Hole.[7]

NextDNS Inc.
The NextDNS homepage logo
FoundedMay 2019
Founder(s)Olivier Poitrey
Romain Cointepas
URLhttps://nextdns.io
RegistrationOptional
Native client(s) onWindows

MacOS[1]

Linux (command line)[2]

iOS[3]

Android[4]

Features

The NextDNS system is built on an anycast network of 42 servers so the response to a query is returned as fast as possible, much like many other public DNS resolvers including Cloudflare and Google Public DNS.[8][9]

The user can select from a list of popular ad-blocking, malware, tracker, phishing, and crypto-mining lists. The list is open source for the community to add and modify.[10] To save the preferences, a user may optionally create an account to manage the configuration and settings on another device.

Controls to keep query logs are available, and there exists an option to not log queries at all, in which the queries are deleted as soon as they reach the server and not logged to disk.[11]

The service was free to use during the beta period, but started to charge on May 5, 2020, it requires a subscription to keep filtering after 300,000 queries.[12]

Some features that are advertised on the home page have not been released.[13]

History

May 2019: Initial launch with support for list-based blocking as a public DNS resolver.

August 2019: Added support for a modified version EDNS0 Client Subnet (ECS) that keeps queries private.[14]

November 2019: Added support for blocking trackers that use CNAME Cloaking.[15][16][17]

December 2019: It was announced Mozilla would add NextDNS as a Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) for its Firefox browser in an upcoming release.[18][19][20][21]

February 2020: NextDNS was included with Firefox 73 as an optional DoH provider, alongside the default Cloudflare resolver.[22]

April 2020: Announced log storage in different jurisdictions including: United States (default), European Union, and Switzerland.[23]

5 May 2020: Exited beta and started to charge users after reaching the filtered query limit.[24]

May 2020: Added a feature to override the minimum TTL to 5 minutes to avoid low TTL domains to frequently make a DNS query.

References
  1. "NextDNS for MacOS". 6 February 2020.
  2. "NextDNS CLI client (DoH Proxy)". 6 February 2020.
  3. "NextDNS for iOS". 6 February 2020.
  4. "NextDNS for Android". 6 February 2020.
  5. "NextDNS". NextDNS. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  6. "FAQ - NextDNS". nextdns.io. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  7. "NextDNS: Customizable Adblock DNS in the cloud with DoT, DoH, & IPv6 Support". Jucktion. 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  8. "What is 1.1.1.1?". Cloudflare. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  9. "Frequently Asked Questions | Public DNS". Google Developers. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  10. nextdns/metadata, NextDNS, 2020-04-23, retrieved 2020-04-24
  11. "Privacy Policy - NextDNS". nextdns.io. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  12. "Pricing - NextDNS". nextdns.io. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  13. Colotti, Chris (2019-12-19). "Introduction To And Review of NextDNS.IO • Chris Colotti's Blog". Chris Colotti's Blog. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  14. Poitrey, Olivier (2019-09-02). "How we made DNS both fast and private with ECS". Medium. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  15. Poitrey, Olivier (2019-11-22). "NextDNS added CNAME Uncloaking support, becomes the first cross-platform solution to the problem". Medium. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  16. "Web trackers using CNAME Cloaking to bypass browsers' ad blockers". The Daily Swig | Cybersecurity news and views. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  17. Stoll, Laura L. (2020-06-10). "CNAME Cloaking – die Zukunft des Tracking?". Datenschutzbeauftragter (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  18. Mozilla. "Firefox Announces New Partner in Delivering Private and Secure DNS Services to Users". The Mozilla Blog. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  19. "NextDNS is new Firefox DNS-over HTTPS partner - gHacks Tech News". www.ghacks.net. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  20. Neowin ·, Paul Hill. "NextDNS partners with Firefox to help enhance user privacy and security". Neowin. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  21. "Mozilla adds NextDNS to list of DNS-over-HTTPS providers". Naked Security. 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  22. "Firefox 73 Released With Security Fixes, New DoH Provider, More". BleepingComputer. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  23. "New Feature: Logs Storage Location - NextDNS changelog". headwayapp.co. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  24. "NextDNS Is Out of Beta | Hacker News". news.ycombinator.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.


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