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<h1 id="dns" class="anchor"><a href="#dns"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Domain Name System (DNS)</h1>

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title="Njalla - Domain Registration"
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description="Njalla only needs your email or jabber address in order to register a domain name for you. Created by people from The Pirate Bay and IPredator VPN. Accepted Payments: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, DASH, Bitcoin Cash and PayPal. A privacy-aware domain registration service."
website="https://njal.la/"
tor="http://njalladnspotetti.onion"
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title="DNSCrypt - Tool"
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description="A protocol for securing communications between a client and a DNS resolver. The DNSCrypt protocol uses high-speed high-security elliptic-curve cryptography and is very similar to DNSCurve, but focuses on securing communications between a client and its first-level resolver."
website="https://dnscrypt.info/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-dnscrypt/340"
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<h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://gitlab.com/quidsup/notrack">NoTrack</a> - A network-wide DNS server which blocks Tracking sites. Currently works in Debian and Ubuntu.</li>
  <li><a href="https://namecoin.info/">Namecoin</a> - A decentralized DNS open source information registration and transfer system based on the Bitcoin cryptocurrency.</li>
  <li><a href="https://pi-hole.net/">Pi-hole</a> - A network-wide DNS server for the Raspberry Pi.  Blocks advertising and tracking domains for all devices on your network.</li>
  <li id=icanndns>ICANN DNS resolvers with support for encrypted DNS</li>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html">AdGuard DNS</a> - A commercial DNS resolver with ad blocking supporting DoT & DoH. Doesn't support DNSSEC.</li>
      <li><a href="https://blahdns.com/">BlahDNS</a> - A small hobby ads block dns project with doh, dot, dnscrypt support.</li>
      <li><a href="https://powerdns.org/">PowerDNS</a> - A best effort DNS over HTTPs service.</li>
      <li><a href="https://quad9.net/">Quad9 DNS</a> - A non-profit DNS provider founded by IBM, PCH and Global Cyber Alliance.</li>
    </ul>
</ul>