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Does Firefox + Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS block queries to known malicious sites?

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Does Firefox + Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS block queries to known malicious sites like OpenDNS. I use OpenDNS at home to automatically block queries to known malicious sites. Using Firefox DoH bypasses this. Am I faced with privacy versus security or does Cloudflare service also prevent access to malicious sites? Thank you.

Does Firefox + Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS block queries to known malicious sites like OpenDNS. I use OpenDNS at home to automatically block queries to known malicious sites. Using Firefox DoH bypasses this. Am I faced with privacy versus security or does Cloudflare service also prevent access to malicious sites? Thank you.

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hi, no the dns over https providers that are integrated into firefox do not block or filter particular domains (other than required by law), which is laid out in this policy: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/DOH-resolver-policy

firefox would depend on google's safebrowsing lists to protect you from connecting to known malicious sites: How does built-in Phishing and Malware Protection work?

you can also configure firefox to use opendns as a trusted resolver though: https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038086532-Using-DNS-over-HTTPS-DoH-with-OpenDNS

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hi, no the dns over https providers that are integrated into firefox do not block or filter particular domains (other than required by law), which is laid out in this policy: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/DOH-resolver-policy

firefox would depend on google's safebrowsing lists to protect you from connecting to known malicious sites: How does built-in Phishing and Malware Protection work?

you can also configure firefox to use opendns as a trusted resolver though: https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038086532-Using-DNS-over-HTTPS-DoH-with-OpenDNS