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Re: [tor-talk] Mozilla's DNS over HTTPS does not complement Tor



The canary domain will only disable DoH if you've been defaulted into using
DoH.

If you've actively turned it on, or set network.trr.mode to 3 then the
canary will not disable it.



On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 2:58 PM Nathaniel Suchy <
nathanielsuchy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Even if that option is enabled it is my understanding that a network
> administrator can still override your decision during a man in the middle
> attack well you can imagine how this is problematic. I run a local DNS
> resolver over Tor for my non-Tor traffic as I don’t trust Mozilla’s
> implementation.
>
> Cordially,
> Nathaniel Suchy (they/them)
>
> Sent from ProtonMail Mobile
>
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 2:07 AM, <hansvader@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > You can use network.trr.mode to enforce the use of DoT. IIRC 3 is to
> > enforce it and not using other DNS. When using network.trr.mode Firefox
> > should not do any other DNS than DoH. This should adress your concerns.
> >
> > The best way is to use DoT and to have it directly implemented into your
> > router or locally on your machine. I don´t think the Mozilla approach is
> > useless. It´s a better than nothing approach. Last, but not least you
> > can use different DoH servers in FF. You are not tied to the default.
> > Though the average Joe may not have the ability to use a custom DoH
> > server in their Firefox.
> >
> > BTW, what router manufacturer already has DoT implemented?
> >
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