Announced that Firefox will officially implement `` DNS over HTTPS (DoH) '' which encrypts communication with DNS
Mozilla, which is developing the web browser '
What's next in making Encrypted DNS-over-HTTPS the Default-Future Releases
https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2019/09/06/whats-next-in-making-dns-over-https-the-default/
Mozilla Firefox to begin slow rollout of DNS-over-HTTPS by default at the end of the month?
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/09/mozilla_firefox_dns/
In general browsers, communication with DNS when connecting to the Internet is performed in plain text and is not encrypted. For this reason, man- in-the- middle attacks and wiretapping / falsification of communication contents are possible, which has been regarded as a security and privacy issue. Therefore, DoH is a technology developed to perform DNS queries using an encrypted protocol and to protect the content of browser communications from malicious third parties.
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Serena Deckelman, senior director of engineering at Mozilla, said in an official blog post: “Mozilla has started DoH development since 2017 and has been experimenting with performance since June 2018. `` DoH is a service with good performance and high reliability, and it has been proven that there are many benefits for many users, '' says Firefox that officially adopted DoH will be released in the near future I revealed that.
In Firefox, DoH has been introduced experimentally for a long time, and DNS queries can be made to Cloudflare , a content delivery network service provider. Details such as how Mozilla decided to introduce DoH to Firefox are described in the following article.
The next Firefox is expected to be able to use Cloudflare as a DNS inquiry-GIGAZINE
When DoH is officially adopted by Firefox, DoH, which must be activated by special settings at the time of article creation, can be used as standard.
On the other hand, some voices have expressed concern about DoH implementation. In July 2019, the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), a British organization organized by providers, announced 'Internet Heroes and Villains 2019'. The three villains include Mozilla, along with President Trump in the US and Article 13 of the EU's revised Copyright Directive, which has opened a dedicated site against YouTube. ISPA explains why Mozilla was specified because “DoH prevents filtering and parental control, making Internet use insecure.”
This announcement was villain cried by name Mozilla, by strong opposition from Internet users are forced to withdraw , but we, the Internet monitoring Foundation (IWF) also because of the flood of child pornography expressed opposition such as, excessive privacy There is a persistent voice that fears that the Internet will become opaque as a result of protection.
Mr. Deckelman clarified the policy of `` respecting the user's choice regarding parental control '' in response to such opinions, such as automatically disabling DoH when inappropriate avoidance of parental control is detected He says he will take action.
Firefox with DoH introduced by default is expected to be released gradually to users in the US from the end of September 2019 and then implemented in Firefox for all users. In the meantime, DoH will be done via the DNS service 1.1.1.1 provided by Cloudflare, but the number of supported service providers will be expanded gradually.
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