Which DNS servers to trust?

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  • dnscrypt-resolvers

    Lists of public DNSCrypt / DoH DNS servers and DNS relays

  • In the public resolvers list are a lot of servers listed; but how can you be sure that they are not malicious? (Sorry if this is a dumb question, but i couldnt find anything about that)

  • dnscrypt-proxy

    dnscrypt-proxy 2 - A flexible DNS proxy, with support for encrypted DNS protocols.

  • Apparently local DNSSEC validation is not yet available for dnscrypt-proxy according to this. So DNSSEC may ensure that the recursive resolver (DNS server) has correct data but does not stop it from deliberately returning malicious data. The only solution i could think of is locally running a dnsmasq/... server with DNSSEC validation. But i dont think that every domain/zone supports DNSSEC yet. So it might not be fully effective. Even then it probably wouldnt be that performant.

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