Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU Icecat - default DNS provider

[Mark H Weaver]

Hi Robin,

<address@hidden> writes:
> I heard that Mozilla firefox uses Cloudflare DNS by default.

I believe that's incorrect.  It's true that Mozilla is considering
making future versions of Firefox use Cloudflare DNS by default, and
that they've conducted a shield study to collect performance data on
Cloudflare's DNS service from users of Firefox Nightly builds who have
volunteered to participate in studies.

> Cloudflare looks like a pretty big privacy issue, supporting their DNS
> is almost the same as supporting Cloudflare.
>
> My question is "Does GNU Icecat use Cloudflare DNS by default

Certainly not.  Search for "network.trr" in "about:config" to see the
relevant preferences, which are briefly described near the end of this
page:

  https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2018/06/01/improving-dns-privacy-in-firefox/

> and if this is not the case, which DNS provider does GNU Icecat use?".

With the default settings, it uses whatever DNS server is configured in
your OS.

     Regards,
       Mark