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Firefox and Cliqz offer DNS over HTTPS Article for all Cliqz and Firefox users
Difficulty: Very easy Importance: Improve security and privacy This is important, and a big plus, but what does it mean?
What is DNS?DNS stands for Domain Name Server. When you enter steveshank.com in a browser, your browser does not have any idea who or where I am or how to get to my site. There are over 1.7 billion websites, and that is much too much for your browser to track. It sees the ending .com and goes to a Domain Name Server (DNS) for .com addresses and asks it for my address The DNS server then looks up steveshank.com, and directs the browser to my hosting service, InMotionHosting, which returns my numeric address. Your browser then takes you to that address.
The problemThe problem is that those DNS servers are constantly under attack, and sometimes miscreants intercept your requests. Then you end up with a phony DNS response returning a fake website masquerading as your bank, financial institution or E-mail account. The Internet's design did not consider this as an attack vector, so DNS has been unprotected.
The Solution(s)There are a few attempts to solve this problem. Probably the most promising is DoH. DoH stands for DNS Over Https. It uses the same security methods used to protect your online credit card purchases and banking. I explained how this works here, but essentially, SSL (now TLS) does 3 things:
What Firefox and Cliqz are doing is using the same security protocols used by your bank or other secure website
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