![]() ![]() In truth, Internet users have very little privacy when accessing the Internet on unsecured wireless networks and as a result, are left highly vulnerable.ĭNSCrypt is significant because it encrypts all DNS traffic between Internet users and OpenDNS. The insecure nature of that “last mile” connection enables an array or attacks and privacy violations. This insecure connection between the end user and their DNS resolver, which might be described as the “last mile,” is ripe for abuse, and has been abused in the past. Despite DNSSEC, and the global improvements resulting from Dan Kaminsky’s discovery of a critical flaw in the DNS, there remains an inherent insecurity in the DNS protocol itself: it is transported in plaintext, unencrypted and in the open. The technology is being open-sourced.ĭNS has historically been one of the many insecure parts of the Internet’s critical infrastructure – even considering decade-plus attempts to improve it with technologies like DNSSEC. OpenDNS unveiled a preview of DNSCrypt, a new technology that improves both the security and privacy of Internet users, particularly those on unsecured wireless hotspots and residential ISP networks.
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