Dnscrypt For Mac
The 1.0 version of DNSCryptfor Mac is available as a free download on our software library. The latest installation package occupies 1.1 MB on disk. The software lies within Internet & Network Tools, more precisely Network tools. This Mac download was scanned by our antivirus and was rated as virus free. DNSCrypt -Securing a critical piece of Internet infrastructure. DNS is one of the fundamental building blocks of the Internet. It's used any time you visit a website, send an email, have an IM conversation or do anything else online.
- DNSCrypt is a lightweight software that everyone should use to boost online privacy and security. It works by encrypting all DNS traffic between the user and OpenDNS, preventing any spying.
- DNSCrypt is a small system preferences pane for OS X (currently only available for the Mac OS at the moment) that enables the encryption of the DNS protocol. It offers simple options to enable.
This tutorial will use DNSCrypt-Proxy and tiarap.org (Indonesian focused ad-and-malware-blocker integration) as DNS resolver on MacOS Catalina 10.15.5
Step 1 – Install DNSCrypt-Proxy
Step 2 – Download configuration from https://github.com/pengelana/blocklist/tree/master/dnscrypt-proxy/v2
Step 3 – Move the configuration to the default setting location
Step 4 – Run the dnscrypt-proxy with the new config
Step 5 – Without closing the window on step 4, open new tab / terminal test resolve any DNS you like
Step 6 – If until Step 5 you have no issue whatsoever you can then setup as service and it will run whenever computer start up
Step 7 – Change your network preferences DNS to 127.0.0.1
That’s it. Fire up your browser! and enjoy more secured and minimal ads.
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While I usually use a VPN in public places like cafes, I don't always do on networks I trust more, like my home or University. Nearly all of my network traffic is encrypted thanks to HTTPS, so my DNS requests are the only plaintext data I sent out in the wild.
I've been using DNS-over-TLS (DoT) on my Android phone for nearly 2 years thanks to Android's native DoT support since version 9. After doing a little bit of research a while ago, I thought it would be a hassle to use an encrypted DNS protocol on my MacBook, but it turns out to be very simple.
Since macOS does not natively support DoH or DoT, I use dnscrypt-proxy, a DNS proxy written in Go by the great Frank Denis, which support DoH and DNSCrypt as you would expect.
It is available via Homebrew:
Once that's done you'll want to edit /usr/local/etc/dnscrypt-proxy.toml. Well, it will work out of the box, but I wanted to use a different resolver.
I want to filters ads and trackers at the DNS level so I use AdGuard. The id of this resolver is adguard-dns-doh. The whole list is available on the DNSCrypt website.
Let's see if dnscrypt-proxy can resolve domains:
Now let's start the service and register it so that it will automatically start during the next boot:
If you're using Wi-Fi, you can set the resolver from the command line:
Otherwise, go the the system preferences and set it yourself.
Now, by issuing a simple dig we can see that 127.0.0.1 is able to resolve DNS queries.
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To see if all the queries are going through dnscrypt-proxy, you can stop the service and check that you're not able to resolve anything.
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Congrats, your DNS queries are a little more private now.