DNS resolvers
Digitale Gesellschaft DNS privacy rating
Public DoH and DoT resolver run by Digitale Gesellschaft, a Swiss non-profit digital rights association. It validates DNSSEC, uses no blocklists and publishes its live configuration.
Summary
Digitale Gesellschaft DNS scores 67 out of 100 (grade C) on the DNS resolvers criteria. It meets 5 of 11 criteria: no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, transparency report, Encrypted DNS and DNSSEC validation. It partly meets open source, TLS configuration, security headers and no query logs. It does not meet independent audit and tells users about requests. It is based in Switzerland: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; GDPR-style data protection law. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A- and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+.
Score 67 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Partial
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
The live resolver configuration is published, but the repository has no license file.
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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?
The resolver privacy notice rules out logging IP addresses or domain names, and the website loads only first-party scripts.
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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?
Non-profit association funded by memberships and 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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Yes
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
Yearly report with counts of law enforcement requests and blocked domains.
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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 and DoT endpoints are both documented.
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Partial
No query logs Weight 3 of 3
Are queries stored without IP addresses, and is this independently audited?
The privacy notice states IP addresses and domain names are not logged, only query statistics. Not audited.
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Yes
DNSSEC validation Weight 1 of 3
Does the resolver validate DNSSEC?
The service page states DNSSEC is validated.
Automated tests
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Partial
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.