Macs, iPhones, iPads to get encrypted DNS – how'd you like them Apples?

Macs, iPhones, iPads to get encrypted DNS – how'd you like them Apples?

WWDC Apple this year will boldly go where its peers have gone before by implementing support for encrypted DNS in iOS and macOS.


"Starting this year, Apple platforms natively support encrypted DNS," said Tommy Pauly, internet technologies engineer, in a video presentation for Apple's 2020 Worldwide Developer Conference, virtualized this year by necessity.


More specifically, macOS 11, iOS 14, and Mac Catalyst framework 14 (for Mac version of iPad apps) will support DNS-over-TLS (DoT) and DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH). These Apple operating system updates are scheduled for release later this year, likely in September or October.


When you visit a website with a browser, or connect to a service via an app, the software will, typically, in the background send domain-name system (DNS) queries to DNS servers, such as ones provided by your ISP, to ..

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