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Why did Firefox choose to implement DNS over HTTPS (DoH) instead of DNS over TLS (DoT)? Doesn’t HTTPS add an extra layer for DNS queries?
by divbzero 1y ago
Why did Firefox choose to implement DNS over HTTPS (DoH) instead of DNS over TLS (DoT)? Doesn’t HTTPS add an extra layer for DNS queries?
- pkulak 1y agoI believe it's easier to hide in regular traffic.
- SoftTalker 1y agoSome ISPs block DNS except to their own resolvers.
- ekr____ 1y agoFirefox is a browser and so (1) people at Mozilla are comfortable with HTTP and (2) there has been a lot of investment in making the HTTP stack good. You will also notice that the lead author of DNS over HTTPS [0] was a Mozilla employee. [0] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8484 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8484