DNS Leak Test giving different results

Started by Inxsible, October 01, 2022, 06:29:36 PM

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October 01, 2022, 06:29:36 PM Last Edit: October 01, 2022, 06:32:21 PM by Inxsible
I ran the Extended test from Chromium and it found 1 Comcast server as my DNS. I ran the same Extended test from Firefox and it found 3 Cloudflare servers as my DNS.


Why would the results be different when I am running them simultaneously from the same machine?

Because Firefox is not using your computers resolver but just the CloudFlare DNS servers via DoH directly.
Look here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-dns-over-https

KH

Quote from: KHE on October 01, 2022, 06:47:18 PM
Because Firefox is not using your computers resolver but just the CloudFlare DNS servers via DoH directly.
Look here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-dns-over-https

KH
Aha ! Makes sense now. thanks for pointing it out.

It renders your IDS useless....

Block it and it will revert to port 53 and use your local DNS resolver