DNS resolvers
Cloudflare privacy rating
Public DNS resolver from Cloudflare with DNS over HTTPS and TLS, DNSSEC validation, and privacy commitments examined by KPMG.
Summary
Cloudflare scores 72 out of 100 (grade C) on the DNS resolvers criteria. It meets 8 of 11 criteria: no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests, TLS configuration, Encrypted DNS, no query logs and DNSSEC validation. It partly meets security headers. It does not meet open source and no trackers or telemetry. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+.
Score 72 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
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?
The 1.1.1.1 Android app includes Google Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics.
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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?
Cloudflare commits not to sell resolver data or use it to target ads.
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Yes
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Full KPMG examination report on the resolver's privacy controls.
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Yes
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
Semi-annual reports with counts of legal requests and responses.
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Yes
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?
The transparency report states customers are notified of legal requests unless legally prohibited.
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Yes
Encrypted DNS Weight 3 of 3
Are DNS over HTTPS and DNS over TLS supported?
DoH and DoT are supported.
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Yes
No query logs Weight 3 of 3
Are queries stored without IP addresses, and is this independently audited?
Source IPs are truncated and deleted within 25 hours, confirmed by the KPMG examination.
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Yes
DNSSEC validation Weight 1 of 3
Does the resolver validate DNSSEC?
1.1.1.1 validates DNSSEC on every query.
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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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B+ (80/100+)
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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.