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How to randomize DNS resolver selection in Knot Resolver

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Apr 27, 2018

You can get better privacy by distributing your DNS queries among multiple providers instead of letting one provider built a complete profile of your online activities. Here is how you can configure Knot DNS Resolver to use a random selection of DNS over TLS public resolvers. Most DNS resolvers, including Knot, will prefer to use the fastest resolver at all times. Knott’s Lua based configuration scripts make it easy to customize its behaviour to suite your needs.

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