Microsoft integrates DNS over HTTPS technology into Windows 10

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The software giant revealed plans to integrate support for "DNS over HTTPS" technology into the Windows 10 operating system in November 2019.



The announcement was made on Microsoft's online blog on November 17, 2019. DNS over HTTPS technology is designed to improve privacy, security, and reliability by encrypting DNS requests that are currently processed as plain text.

As you know, the DNS (Domain Name System) protocol was spain number data invented at the dawn of the Internet. Requests in this system are not encrypted, so all data is transmitted in the open. DNS traffic is vulnerable to attackers, as the latter have the opportunity to listen to the communication channel and intercept unprotected personal data. In addition, Internet providers can monitor traffic and collect data about which sites you visit.

To protect DNS traffic from cybercriminals, a special protocol, DNS over HTTPS , was developed . Its main task is to encrypt DNS traffic to prevent its interception and thus provide additional privacy and security.

DNS over HTTPS has been gaining popularity recently. Mozilla, Google, Opera , and several public DNS providers have announced their support for the standard. Implementing it in software applications, such as web browsers, means that DNS requests sent by that application are encrypted. Other requests, such as those from a browser that does not support DNS over HTTPS or is specifically configured not to use it, will not benefit from this integration.

Microsoft's announcement marks the introduction of DNS over HTTPS support in the Windows operating system. The company plans to introduce it in a preview build of Windows 10 in the future and only then release the final version of the operating system.

Microsoft plans to follow Google's lead, at least initially. Google announced some time ago that it would deploy DNS over HTTPS in the Chrome web browser, but only on systems that use a DNS service that supports DNS over HTTPS. In other words: Google does not plan to change the system's already installed DNS provider. Mozilla and Opera have decided to choose the provider, at least initially, which means that the user can change the DNS provider in the web browser.

Microsoft says it will not make any changes to the DNS server configuration of Windows machines. Administrators (and users) will be free to decide which DNS provider to choose in Windows, and the introduction of DNS over HTTPS support in Windows will not change that process.