When Internet users visit a website, a request is made in the background to a public DNS resolver, also known as recursive DNS server, which responds with the corresponding IP address.
Usually, the ISP provides a DNS server, but sometimes these are not the fastest and most secure. Therefore, many users use internationally operating public DNS resolvers that specialize in DNS.
This category contains services from companies based in a member state of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
You can read more about the listing criteria here.
Quad9 is one of the few globally active public DNS resolver and is operated by a Swiss non-profit company. Quad9 operates DNS servers in more than 200 locations around the world and has a focus on data security, encryption and privacy.
Quad9 is currently involved in a legal dispute with Sony Music about whether websites that infringe copyright can be excluded from resolver. You can read more about the dispute on Wikipedia.
DNS0.EU is a non‑profit public resolver from France. The resolver supports modern DNS protocols like DNS‑over‑HTTPS, DNS‑over‑TLS, and DNS‑over‑HTTP/3. DNS0.EU does not log personally identifiable information.
The service is very focused on the European Union. The servers are only in the EU, and they operate at least one server per member state. The website is translated in all 24 official languages of the EU.
They also offer a special DNS resolver for kids, where content that is not childproof is blocked.
DNS.SB is a public DNS resolver from Germany with a focus on privacy (no logging) and security. The software is open source and they support DNSSEC, DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS.
The non-profit organization Foundation for Applied Privacy offers a public DNS resolver that offers DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS. The servers are located in Austria and Germany.
UncensoredDNS is a public DNS resolver from Denmark. The support DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS.
The restena DNS resolver is a service of the Luxembourg Restena Foundation. The support DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS.
Digitalcourage is a non-profit organization from Germany that operates a public DNS resolver. The resolver is hosted in Germany and supports DNS-over-TLS. The site that explains the service is only available in German language.
The Swiss non-profit Digitale Gesellschaft operates a public DNS resolver that supports DNSSEC, DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS. The website explaining the service is only available in German.
The German non-profit Artikel10 e.V. is operating a public DNS resolver which supports DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS.
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