thoughts on DNSNet available in Accressent ?

Rename4883

Dose anyone have any thoughts on, or experience with the app DNSNet available in Accrescent ?

zzz

From their F-droid page:

DNSNet allows you to take more control over what internet traffic goes in and out of your device. [...]
It works by creating a lightweight VPN service that filters your internet traffic as you use your device.
https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.clombardo.dnsnet/

From the GOS website:

The only [VPN] apps we can recommend is the official WireGuard app and the official Mullvad app. [...]
If you want to filter traffic while using a VPN, use a VPN service app able to do both such as RethinkDNS.
https://grapheneos.org/faq#vpn-support

Seems like DNSNet is a competitor to RethinkDNS?

Rename4883

It seems like it. I wonder if anyone here in the GOS community has used it before?

DeletedUser87

just downloaded it. I don't see a way to import a VPN config, so it's basically Netguard all over again. Not really a Rethink competitor if you ask me.

AlphaElwedritsch

Based on DNS66

DeletedUser125

Another virtual vpn just for dns blocklist. InviZible Pro in vpn mode can give you the same with dnscrypt-proxy and anon relays and firewall (also tor and i2p, but I don't know about that), for you and hotspot connected devices. I'm just using nextdns now and offload huge blocklists files out of my cpu.

ignoramous

DeletedUser125 offload huge blocklists files out of my cpu

Blocklists don't really consume CPU (unless the developers don't know what they're doing, which is unfortunately the case for some apps in the this category). If implemented right, they won't even consume much RAM, but that's a harder thing to achieve.

Xtreix

In the “DNS” section I'm not sure what I'm accomplishing by selecting Cloudflare, Quad9 or a Custom DNS Server, does anyone know what this does exactly ? Is it just to activate a DNS-based blocklist ? When I do a DNS leak test in Vanadium, the result shows me my ISP's DNS, I have to change the DNS in Network and Internet then Private DNS for this to work, then DNSnet will be unable to run.

DeletedUser202

Xtreix
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/advanced/dns-overview
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/dns/

DeletedUser125

ignoramous Well I wasn't sure which is which. Should have just said "resources". And I was under the impression that loading dozens of thousands of domains to block would always have some impact. Also the fact you literaly have all sorts of nasty, possibly ilegal domains written in plain text somewhere in your system - I'm not sure if there might be implications with that.

Xtreix

DeletedUser202 Thanks, but I found the problem, I know what a DNS resolver is and how it works.

In fact, it doesn't work when I use a custom DNS server in the application, but it works if I use Cloudflare or Quad9 suggested by default.

Adding a custom DNS resolver works correctly in settings > networkd and internet > private dns.