The Domain Name System (DNS) was designed to simplify how we interface with the internet. Imagine a world where you have to remember that CleanBrowsing is located here: 137.220.48.110. Meaning, you’d open your favorite browser and type in the IP to get to the website. It’s laughable to think of such an experience, but in […]
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Chrome Breaks Encrypted DNS on macOS 13
Often regarded as a critical piece of the internet fabric, DNS functions as a directory service for the internet. Its biggest vulnerability has always been that its traffic was always sent across the wire in clear text (meaning anyone could read the queries). The solution for this came in the form of Encrypted DNS, which by […]
The DNS Security Landscape
In our last article, we shared thoughts on how DNS can be used as an effective security control for your organization by functioning as a Firewall. In this article, we step back and focus security landscape as it pertains to DNS. This article is designed to educate and illustrates the complexities of managing your DNS […]
A DNS Firewall For Every Network
We spend a lot of time talking about CleanBrowsing in the context of content filtering, but in this article we’re going to spend some time focusing on the security benefits you get with CleanBrowsing. By default, security is built into the CleanBrowsing service. It is foundation to every Free and Paid service. Organizations have the […]
The DNS Communication Hierarchy
CleanBrowsing is a DNS resolver that offers a content filtering service, it is why we say we are a DNS-based content filtering platform. But how exactly does that effect you, the user, when change your DNS? This article aims to focus on the communication hierarchy that exists, and that you should be aware of, when […]