Welcome to the DNS Privacy project
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This site is the home of a collaborative open project to promote, implement and deploy DNS Privacy. The goals of this project include:
(1) Raising awareness of the issue of DNS Privacy
(2) Empowering users to take advantage of DNS Privacy tools and resources (client applications, DNS Privacy resolvers)
(3) Evolving the DNS to support DNS Privacy and in particular developing new DNS Protocol standards
(4) Working towards full support for DNS Privacy in a range of Open Source DNS implementations including: getdns, Unbound, NSD, BIND, PowerDNS and Knot (Auth and Resolver)
(5) Co-ordinating deployment of DNS Privacy services and documenting operational practices
Among the many contributors to this project are Sinodun IT, NLnet Labs, SalesForce, Surftnet, NLnet Foundation, OTF, Stephane Bortzmeyer and No Mountain Software.
Ongoing DNS Privacy work
Q3 2025
- DPRIVE working group closed as the goals of the charter have been achieved
- Announcement of IETF side meeting on ADoT/ADoQ deployment initiative
Q2 2025
- “I-D:Extensible Delegation for DNS” is adopted by DELEG
- Let’s Encrypt announced short-lived IP based certificates
- Launch of Public Beta of the DNS4EU Service
See all previous DNS work
Overview of DNS Privacy Status
High level overview of ongoing work on DNS Privacy with monthly updates
IETF Working Groups
- Many DNS Privacy standards were developed in the now closed DPRIVE Working group.
- Work on adaptive discovery mechanisms for DNS is happening in the ADD Working Group.
- New delegation mechanisms that could support authenticated encryption to authoritative servers is happening in DELEG Working Group
Reference Material
For a list of useful RFCs, Internet Drafts and presentations see the Reference Material page.
Support
Thanks to NLnet Foundation, OTF and the Comcast Innovation Fund for donations to support DNS Privacy work. Thanks for past support from Verisign Labs.
Contact
If you are interested in contributing to the project please contact:
- Sara Dickinson (sara@sinodun.com)
- Allison Mankin (allison.mankin@gmail.com)
- Benno Overeinder (benno@NLnetLabs.nl)
We have a YouTube channel with a selection of relevant presentations.
Comments, code and issues
- For comments, updates or corrections to content here, please create an issue in our GitHub project issue tracker
- All code now lives on GitHub
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