All six major browser vendors have plans to support DNS-over-HTTPS (or DoH), a protocol that encrypts DNS traffic and helps improve a user's privacy on the web. Learn more about this protocol, which is already present in all major browsers, that users love and ISPs hate in an interesting ZDNet article: . The DoH protocol has been one of the year's hot topics. It's a protocol that, when deployed inside a browser, it allows the browser to hide DNS requests and responses inside regular-looking HTTPS traffic. Doing this makes a user's DNS traffic invisible to third-party network observers, such as ISPs. But while users love DoH and have deemed it a privacy boon, ISPs, networking operators, and cyber-security vendors hate it . The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . The DoH framework enhances DNS communications by safeguarding them from external surveillance, thereby bolstering online user confidentiality.. DoH Protocol, Secure DNS, DNS Encryption, Browser Privacy, Networking Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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