Public DNS servers DNS4EU?

Networking
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What do you think about DNS4EU, public DNS service for EU? Is it good idea to add them to List of public DNS servers?

They have unfiltered DNS and DNS that blocks advertisement, adult and malware content, in total 5 different DNS servers

  • unfiltered
  • protective
  • child (protective + child)
  • noads (protective + noads)
  • child-noads (protective + child + noads)

The idea is that when Mr. Trump is in the Office, EU needs not only own army but independent public DNS service too. Well known public DNS services are operated by US companies… One exception is Quad9 - 9.9.9.9 - based in Switzerland.

Unfiltered DNS:

IP address:
86.54.11.100
86.54.11.200

IPv6:
2a13:1001::86:54:11:100
2a13:1001::86:54:11:200

DNS over HTTPS:
unfiltered.joindns4.eu/dns-query

DNS over TLS:
unfiltered.joindns4.eu

DNS with malware protection:

IP address:
86.54.11.1
86.54.11.201

IPv6:
2a13:1001::86:54:11:1
2a13:1001::86:54:11:201 

DNS over HTTPS:
protective.joindns4.eu/dns-query

DNS over TLS:
protective.joindns4.eu

Artickle at TechRadar - DNS4EU lacks “no-log” policy.
DNS4EU logging explained in YouTube video

Official announcement of DNS4EU service

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Hi.

Good info.

I get this result:

Screenshot 2025-06-10 19.10.47

Doesn’t it perform rDNS?.

Bye!.

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No, no rDNS. I am surprised. Anyway, I asked them to fix the issue… You can ask them too.

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More options are good, especially for the EU, so they do not have to rely on American companies. Heck, Americans could use this if they wanted to, but with slower response times due to physical distance. I like that there are several options, including one without filtering. I hope it turns out to be a good thing for the community at large.

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HI again.

I’ve sent a query to DNS4EU about rDNS. If they reply, I’ll let you know.

Good nights from Spain.

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rDNS issue was fixed.

$ khost 86.54.11.100 9.9.9.9
100.11.54.86.in-addr.arpa. points to unfiltered.joindns4.eu.

$ khost 2a13:1001::86:54:11:100 9.9.9.9
0.0.1.0.1.1.0.0.4.5.0.0.6.8.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.3.1.a.2.ip6.arpa. points to unfiltered.joindns4.eu.

$ khost 86.54.11.1 9.9.9.9
1.11.54.86.in-addr.arpa. points to protective.joindns4.eu.

$ khost 2a13:1001::86:54:11:1 9.9.9.9
1.0.0.0.1.1.0.0.4.5.0.0.6.8.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.3.1.a.2.ip6.arpa. points to protective.joindns4.eu.
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Hi.

They haven’t responded yet, and I don’t think they will. I see that it’s resolved.

Best regards.

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Action is more than a response. :wink:

My system uses the DNS4EU server(s) exclusively since a week now, without problems. I can’t judge about the quality of the protective version, because on my IPFire system the RPZ mechanism is running.

I’ve added the provider to the DoT list in the wiki.

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DNS4EU has free/public and “professional” version. It seems that “pro” version has better protection than free/public version. After several experiments I prefer to use Quad9 DNS, it has better protection, transparency and no-log policy…

A hint, just scan your scam email folder and try several domains used by scammers and check what is blocked by DNS4EU and by Quad9…

You can check what is blocked by DNS4EU but registration/account is required.

Quad9 has public interface to check for blocked domains, no registration is required

EU4DNS was build with EU grants but there is a plan that this service will be financially independent and that is a reason why they have “professional” version that aims to telco, governments, etc…

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There is another public EU based DNS, “dns0.eu”. They run 4 DNS configurations:

  1. protective
https://www.dns0.eu/

DNS-over-TLS/QUIC: dns0.eu
DNS-over-HTTPS: https://dns0.eu/
DNS53 (IPv4): 193.110.81.0, 185.253.5.0
DNS53 (IPv6): 2a0f:fc80::, 2a0f:fc81::
  1. hardened
https://www.dns0.eu/zero

DNS-over-TLS/QUIC: zero.dns0.eu
DNS-over-HTTPS: https://zero.dns0.eu/
DNS53 (IPv4): 193.110.81.9, 185.253.5.9
DNS53 (IPv6): 2a0f:fc80::9, 2a0f:fc81::9
  1. kids
https://www.dns0.eu/kids

DNS-over-TLS/QUIC: kids.dns0.eu
DNS-over-HTTPS: https://kids.dns0.eu/
DNS53 (IPv4): 193.110.81.1, 185.253.5.1
DNS53 (IPv6): 2a0f:fc80::1, 2a0f:fc81::1
  1. open - unfiltered, undocumented, kept in secret…
https://www.dns0.eu/open

DNS-over-TLS/QUIC: open.dns0.eu
DNS-over-HTTPS: https://open.dns0.eu/
DNS53 (IPv4): 193.110.81.254, 185.253.5.254
DNS53 (IPv6): 2a0f:fc80::ffff, 2a0f:fc81::ffff
  • unfiltered DNS configuration is there but it is kept in a secret (it was documented in IPfire list of public DNS servers)
  • Documentation could be better.
  • There is no check what is blocked. It is not clear what is blocked in the first configuration and what is difference between the first and the second configuration…
  • Interesting feature is that hardened DNS filters new domains for 30 days
  • hardened DNS filters well known DDNS (dynamic domains).