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Re: [tor-relays] Running an exit? Please secure your DNS with DNSCrypt+Unbound



On 12/20/2015 03:04 PM, spaceman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Although I cannot say how secure this configuration is but you can run
> this kind of setup client side as well. So:
> 
> Bind --> DNSCrypt Proxy --> Tor --> DNSCrypt Compatible Server

You can do this, but Tor doesn't support all types of DNS queries.

Weasel and velope on #tor-project suggested that I remove DNSCrypt
entirely and let Unbound be a recursive resolver against the root DNS
servers, which I have now done. This way, I'm not using a third-party
DNS server and Unbound is using a large cache and DNSSEC. Although
DNSSEC doesn't provide confidentiality for DNS queries, it does provide
authentication and integrity checks. Unbound with a large cache and
DNSSEC re-enabled is probably superior to Unbound+DNSCrypt without
DNSSEC. The point still stands though; you can secure and optimize an
exit's DNS using Unbound.

-- 
Jesse V

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