🆕 Software Suggestion | RethinkDNS #2122

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2020-11-10T12:31:33Z

ignoramous commented

2020-11-10 12:31:33 +00:00

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Basic Information

Name: RethinkDNS
Category: DNS
Privacy Policy: RethinkDNS Privacy Policy
Protocols: DoH
URL: rethinkdns.com
Server Location: Global
Type: No logs

Description

RethinkDNS is an free and opensource DNSCrypt v3, DNS over HTTPS client for Android 8+ with no trackers, analytics, and advertisements. Also supports firewall functionality in addition to also supporting forwarding DNS queries to Orbot (DNS over Tor). Android 6 support coming soon.

Required Features

DNS over HTTPS
No logs kept.

Why I am making the suggestion

I am one of the creators of the app (not sure if that violates any rules) and so I may be biased, but RethinkDNS has grown stable over the course of 3 months that it has been in development (though, some annoying bugs do persist). Unlike most other DNS apps on Android, RethinkDNS does not leak DNS requests over TCP. In addition, RethinkDNS supports on-server blocking (PlayStore version) and on-device blocking (GitHub version).

My connection with the software

Author.

I will keep the issue up-to-date if something I have said changes or I remember a connection with the software.

Disclaimer: RethinkDNS was incubated by Mozilla Builders in Summer 2020.

## Basic Information **Name:** RethinkDNS **Category:** DNS **Privacy Policy:** [RethinkDNS Privacy Policy](https://www.rethinkdns.com/privacy) **Protocols:** DoH **URL:** [rethinkdns.com](https://www.rethinkdns.com/) **Server Location:** Global **Type:** No logs ## Description RethinkDNS is an free and opensource DNSCrypt v3, DNS over HTTPS client for Android 8+ with no trackers, analytics, and advertisements. Also supports firewall functionality in addition to also supporting forwarding DNS queries to [Orbot](https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/) (DNS over Tor). Android 6 support coming soon. #### Required Features - [x] DNS over HTTPS - [x] No logs kept. ## Why I am making the suggestion  I am one of the creators of the app (not sure if that violates any rules) and so I may be biased, but RethinkDNS has grown stable over the course of 3 months that it has been in development (though, some annoying bugs do persist). Unlike most other DNS apps on Android, RethinkDNS does not leak DNS requests over TCP. In addition, RethinkDNS supports on-server blocking (PlayStore version) and on-device blocking (GitHub version). ## My connection with the software Author. - [x] I will keep the issue up-to-date if something I have said changes or I remember a connection with the software. Disclaimer: RethinkDNS was incubated by [Mozilla Builders](https://mozilla.org/builders) in Summer 2020.

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ignoramous commented

2020-11-10 12:34:50 +00:00

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Note: Daniel Wolf's excellent Nebulo app is already on privacytools.io (which has different but rich feature set than RethinkDNS): https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/issues/1187

freddy-m commented

2020-11-14 18:48:53 +00:00

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Hey,

I've updated your Issue with our new DNS format (there was no reason you should've known to use it, it's not an official template). Thus far it seems good, though I haven't looked into it in too much detail. Feel free to edit the issue if I've gotten anything wrong.

Thanks

Hey, I've updated your Issue with our new DNS format (there was no reason you should've known to use it, it's not an official template). Thus far it seems good, though I haven't looked into it in too much detail. Feel free to edit the issue if I've gotten anything wrong. Thanks

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ignoramous commented

2020-11-17 14:36:10 +00:00

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Thanks @freddy-m

RethinkDNS is both a public DNS over HTTPS resolver and an Android app. The Android app lets you use DNS over Tor, DNS over HTTPS, or DNSCrypt v2 with Anonymized Queries. It also doubles up as a Firewall, and lets you block apps and IP addresses.

This suggestion here is mostly for the Android app and not the DNS resolver.

Thanks @freddy-m RethinkDNS is both a [public DNS over HTTPS resolver](https://www.bravedns.com/configure) and [an Android app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.celzero.bravedns). The Android app lets you use DNS over Tor, DNS over HTTPS, or DNSCrypt v2 with Anonymized Queries. It also doubles up as a Firewall, and lets you block apps and IP addresses. This suggestion here is mostly for the Android app and not the DNS resolver.

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freddy-m commented

2020-11-17 20:52:10 +00:00

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Ahh, seems interesting. We've got a lot going on at the moment, but it'll get checked out properlly at some point in the future 🚀

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ignoramous commented

2021-05-09 23:54:27 +00:00

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An update: RethinkDNS has been accepted in to F-Droid, and the review there has come clean: gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/mr/8605.

An update: RethinkDNS has been accepted in to F-Droid, and the review there has come clean: [gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/mr/8605](https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/8605).

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