DNS resolvers
BlahDNS privacy rating
Hobby ad-blocking DNS resolver run by one person, with servers in Singapore and Germany and support for DoH, DoT, DoQ and DNSCrypt.
Summary
BlahDNS scores 54 out of 100 (grade D) on the DNS resolvers criteria. It meets 5 of 11 criteria: no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, Encrypted DNS and DNSSEC validation. It partly meets no query logs. It does not meet open source, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C.
Score 54 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
The service setup is not published as source. It runs on open-source Knot Resolver and dnsdist.
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Yes
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
No third-party trackers. Cloudflare Web Analytics on the website are cookieless and aggregate-only.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by donations. No ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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Yes
Encrypted DNS Weight 3 of 3
Are DNS over HTTPS and DNS over TLS supported?
DoH, DoT, DoQ and DNSCrypt are supported.
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Partial
No query logs Weight 3 of 3
Are queries stored without IP addresses, and is this independently audited?
The site states no logs are kept. There is no privacy policy or audit.
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Yes
DNSSEC validation Weight 1 of 3
Does the resolver validate DNSSEC?
The site lists DNSSEC support, and the resolver runs Knot Resolver, which validates DNSSEC by default.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade C (50/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.