Microsoft has released a new version of Microsoft Edge in the Canary channel that brings support for SecureDNS in the browser.
Τα χαρακτηριστικά που φέρνει η έκδοση Edge Canary θα τα δούμε αργότερα στην έκδοση Beta και τελικά στις Σταθερές εκδόσεις του προγράμματος περιήγησης. Το Secure DNS είναι η υλοποίηση του DNS-over-HTTPS Microsoft, a technology for encrypting DNS traffic.
The domain name system (DNS) is used for various purposes, such as translating domain names to IP addresses. Every request made to the browser uses DNS.
Unencrypted DNS searches mean that ISPs and others can view, record, or even manage these requests. Thus DNS encryption is considered necessary.
Microsoft has provided support for encrypted DNS in Windows 10 at the beginning of the month but this feature is only available to Insiders. But soon we are expected to see the new feature in the stable versions of Windows 10.
On the other hand, Mozilla and Google have already implemented support for DNS-Over-HTTPS in their browsers. So Microsoft, which follows the development of Google Chromium, added this feature to the new Edge.
Secure DNS is enabled by default in Microsoft Edge of Canary and may remain enabled in both Beta and Stable versions.
To set up Secure DNS on Edge:
Open the internal address edge://settings/privacy
At the bottom of the page Security section you will see the setting "Use secure DNS to specify how to lookup the network address for websites" which can be enabled or disabled. It should be enabled by default and the function should be set to "use current service provider".
If you want to choose a service provider, click on "choose a service provider" to select a provider that supports secure DNS. You will be presented with a list of providers to choose from. Just do it click in the blank field and select one of the four available providers: Quad9, Cloudflare, CleanBrowsing or Google.
