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Firefox enables DNS over HTTPS or DoH

<p>Firefox just started rolling out <strong>DNS Over HTTPS &lpar;DoH&rpar;<&sol;strong> feature which will further improve security for Firefox users&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>DNS over HTTP &lpar;DoH&rpar; is a rather young protocol that was implemented only two years ago&period; The main purpose of DoH is to increase user security and privacy through the prevention of DNS data manipulation&period; Basically&comma; DoH&&num;8217&semi;s purpose is to encrypt the data between the client and the DoH DNS server&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mozilla has currently enabled DoH by default only for US-based users&comma; although this will change in the near future&period; If you don&&num;8217&semi;t want to wait and would like to start using DoH right now here&&num;8217&semi;s how to do it&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Open<strong> Firefox settings<&sol;strong> and scroll to the bottom&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Under <strong>Network Settings<&sol;strong> click <strong>Settings<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;Check the <strong>Enable DNS over HTTPS<&sol;strong> checkbox<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the <strong>Use Provider<&sol;strong> dropdown list select <strong>NextDNS or Cloudflare&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-3566 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;firefox-dns-over-http&period;jpg" alt&equals;"DNS over HTTPS" width&equals;"673" height&equals;"331" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After this set&comma; your DNS requests will be sent encrypted to Cloudflare or NextDNS&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mozilla said that it plans to expand the list of trusted providers in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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