If you use the Tor Browser, it will automatically start a SOCKS proxy External link icon Open external link at 127.0.0.1:9150. The important difference between using all other modes of DNS and this one is that packet routing no longer uses IP addresses, and therefore all connections must be routed through a Tor client.īefore you start, head to the Tor Project website External link icon Open external link to download and install a Tor client. The next step is to test if your browser has. Then set the SOCKS Host to 127.0.0.1 and Port to 9050 and check the option Proxy DNS when using SOCKS v5 and click OK. Read more about this service in this blog post External link icon Open external link. Go to Preferences Under Network Settings Settings, under Configure Proxy Access to the Internet, select the option Manual proxy configuration.

Not only does doing so prevent the resolver from ever seeing your IP address, but it also prevents your ISP from knowing that you attempted to resolve a domain name. Resolving DNS queries through the Tor network guarantees a significantly higher level of anonymity than making the requests directly. If you do not want to disclose your IP address to the resolver, you can use our Tor onion service.

DNS over Tor The hidden resolver is still an experimental service and should not be used in production or for other critical uses.

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