{"id":95288,"date":"2019-03-15T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/?p=95288"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:20:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:20:54","slug":"dns-privacy-frequently-asked-questions-faq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/dns-privacy-frequently-asked-questions-faq\/","title":{"rendered":"DNS Privacy Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/dns-privacy-intro\">previously posted<\/a> about how the DNS does not inherently employ any mechanisms to provide confidentiality for DNS transactions, and mentioned some of the protocols&nbsp;that have been recently developed to improve user privacy.<\/p>\n<p>To complement this, we are publishing our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/resources\/deploy360\/dns-privacy\/faq\/\">DNS Privacy Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)<\/a>. This highlights and provides answers to the most important aspects of DNS privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Please also check our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/deploy360\/dns-privacy\/\">DNS Privacy page<\/a> for more information!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/resources\/deploy360\/dns-privacy\/intro\">Introduction to DNS Privacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/deploy360\/dns-privacy\/\">DNS Privacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/resources\/deploy360\/dns-privacy\/faq\/\">DNS Privacy Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dnsprivacy.org\/\">DNS Privacy Project<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We previously posted about how the DNS does not inherently employ any mechanisms to provide confidentiality for DNS transactions, and mentioned some of the protocols&nbsp;that have been recently developed to improve user privacy. To complement this, we are publishing our&nbsp;DNS Privacy Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). 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