Is Quad9 a good DNS provider?
Is Quad9 a good DNS provider?
In relation to privacy, I remember reading that Quad9 is a good DNS provider and that Cloudflare although in theory is the fastest DNS provider has basically alone the majority of the DNS market, which is obviously a bad idea.
I also remember that recently Quad9 was fighting in court a case where a government wanted to block certain IP pirate pages but blaming Quad9 for "facilitating" them.
I know that both Quad9 and Cloudflare are recommended on PrivacyGuides but I wanted to read some opinions on that.
It is pretty good! I use it and it does its job well and has pretty good privacy policies.
You also have the option to install your own dns resolver. I use unbound for example.
Is the time to resolve domains that are not cached noticeable?
It hasn't been noticeable in my experience
I used to use Quad9 before moving to NextDNS for more control, but it's a good choice and easy choice in comparison to Cloudflare.
Some people have issue with Quad9 due to their indirect connection to the UK police. Their transparency report.
The only URLs they block are malicious domains associated with phishing, malware, vulnerability exploit, or fraud per their Data and Privacy policy.
I run a PiHole and have Quad9 as the upstream resolver instead of the ISP. That was pretty simple to setup as well. You can also do DNS-over-HTTPs and other options as well for content filtering to block malware and items of DNS upstream.
I'm a big fan of NextDNS. It provides lots of customizability. It's like a cloud based pihole.
I second NextDNS. Been using it for months now too and am very happy with it. Very fast DNS servers and I love that you have so much control over (un-)blocked domains. Absolutely worth the 2€ for a month. Especially with NX Enhanced it's even more convenient.
NextDNS is great and I use it on my phone, but I find it a bit unnecessary to pay for it.... I have nothing against it and I would do it if I could, but 90% of the features are unnecessary for me, I have no reason to block specific IPs or domains or use parental controls, and if I wanted to block ads I have uBlock Origin, and I think 300,000 queries per month for a PC is too little...