Public DNS

Features

Announcements

• 2024/Apr/18 ‐ Sudden IPv6 change on phdns3 server. Please use 2607:f1c0:f01f:ac00::1 from now on.
• 2021/Oct/01 ‐ Fixed Let's Encrypt outdated cross-signed certificates by removing the obsolete trust anchor.
• 2021/May/03 ‐ Changed server locations and IP addresses of phdns2 and phdns3. Old IPs will go offline soon.
• 2021/Apr/29 ‐ Added new server phdns5.lonet.org located in Great Britain, Great Britain.
• 2021/Apr/27 ‐ Added new server phdns4.lonet.org located in Spain, Spain.
• 2020/Nov/08 ‐ Added round-robin DNS dot.dns.lonet.org for DNS-over-TLS service including both servers located in germany.
• 2020/Nov/07 ‐ Official start of dns.lonet.org public beta test offering DoH, DoT and DNScrypt services.

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Service list

Service	IPv4	IPv6	Port	Loc.	Access	Remarks
DNS	185.183.156.85	2a03:4000:1d:998:10::	53		closed	Please register to get access.
DNS	217.160.191.192	2001:8d8:1801:305::1	53		closed	Please register to get access.
DNS	74.208.85.60	2607:f1c0:f01f:ac00::1	53		closed	Please register to get access.
DNS	82.223.114.172	2001:ba0:1800:8153::1	53		closed	Please register to get access.
DNS	77.68.116.22	2a00:da00:1800:5a::1	53		closed	Please register to get access.
DNS-over-HTTPS	https://doh.phdns1.lonet.org/dns-query		443		open	Strict TLS SNI only
DNS-over-HTTPS	https://doh.phdns2.lonet.org/dns-query		443		open	Strict TLS SNI only
DNS-over-HTTPS	https://doh.phdns3.lonet.org/dns-query		443		open	Strict TLS SNI only
DNS-over-HTTPS	https://doh.phdns4.lonet.org/dns-query		443		open	Strict TLS SNI only
DNS-over-HTTPS	https://doh.phdns5.lonet.org/dns-query		443		open	Strict TLS SNI only
DNS-over-TLS	185.183.156.85	2a03:4000:1d:998:10::	853		open	TLS hostname: phdns1.lonet.org
DNS-over-TLS	217.160.191.192	2001:8d8:1801:305::1	853		open	TLS hostname: phdns2.lonet.org
DNS-over-TLS	74.208.85.60	2607:f1c0:f01f:ac00::1	853		open	TLS hostname: phdns3.lonet.org
DNS-over-TLS	82.223.114.172	2001:ba0:1800:8153::1	853		open	TLS hostname: phdns4.lonet.org
DNS-over-TLS	77.68.116.22	2a00:da00:1800:5a::1	853		open	TLS hostname: phdns5.lonet.org
DNScrypt	185.183.156.85	2a03:4000:1d:998:10::	8443		open	sdns://AQMAAAAAAAAADjE4NS4xODMuMTU2Ljg1ABBwaGRuczEubG9uZXQub3Jn
DNScrypt	217.160.191.192	2001:8d8:1801:305::1	8443		open	sdns://AQMAAAAAAAAACzUwLjcuMTI0LjI0ABBwaGRuczIubG9uZXQub3Jn
DNScrypt	74.208.85.60	2607:f1c0:f01f:ac00::1	8443		open	sdns://AQMAAAAAAAAADTIzLjIzNy41OC4xMjEAEHBoZG5zMy5sb25ldC5vcmc
DNScrypt	82.223.114.172	2001:ba0:1800:8153::1	8443		open	sdns://AQMAAAAAAAAADjgyLjIyMy4xMTQuMTcyABBwaGRuczQubG9uZXQub3Jn
DNScrypt	77.68.116.22	2a00:da00:1800:5a::1	8443		open	sdns://AQMAAAAAAAAADDc3LjY4LjExNi4yMgAQcGhkbnM1LmxvbmV0Lm9yZw

Registration

You have to configure a custom dynamic DNS service (i.e. in your router or firewall) for accessing restricted services. In order to register for this free service send an inquiry containing your desired username for dynamic DNS or your static IP address (range). The dynamic host is derrived from your username and will be like username.lonet.uk.to. Currently only users with an IPv4 address can apply.

Tutorials

• AVM FritzBox - DNS server: https://en.avm.de/service/knowledge-base/dok/FRITZ-Box-7360-int/165_Configuring-different-DNS-servers-in-the-FRITZ-Box/
• AVM FritzBox - Dynamic DNS: https://en.avm.de/service/knowledge-base/dok/FRITZ-Box-4040/30_Setting-up-dynamic-DNS-in-the-FRITZ-Box//
• AVM FritzBox - DNS over TLS - https://en.avm.de/service/knowledge-base/dok/FRITZ-Box-7590/165_Configuring-different-DNS-servers-in-the-FRITZ-Box/
• Netgate pfSense - DNS server: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/config/general.html#dns-server-settings
• Netgate pfSense - Dynamic DNS: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/services/dyndns/client.html
• Android 9 (or higher) - DNS server: https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using#android ‐ Instead of dns.google use one of the DNS-over-TLS service hostnames from the list above.
• Android (alternative) - DNS server: Download Intra from Google Play store and configure the app to use one of the DNS-over-HTTPS addresses from the list above.
• Apple iPhone - DNS server: https://apps.apple.com/app/dnscloak-secure-dns-client/id1452162351

Service status

All five servers have served 679,505 DNS queries from clients in the past 24 hours. About 4.0% of these queries have been filtered for advertising, tracking or malware. The current privacy level for all servers is set to maximum privacy. This indicates that all servers operate in anonymous no logging mode where no client IPs or client requests are logged.

Curently 25 of 25 services are operational. You can check the status and 90 days uptime history of all services provided at the status page.

Current	phdns1	phdns2	phdns3	phdns4	phdns5
Filter status	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled
IPv4 connectivity
IPv6 connectivity
Cache latency	1 ms	3 ms	0 ms	0 ms	0 ms
Average latency	39 ms	68 ms	116 ms	100 ms	72 ms
Recursor latency	49 ms	81 ms	121 ms	110 ms	81 ms
DNS availability
DoH availability
DoT availability
DNScrypt availability
Todays service uptime	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %
Yesterdays service uptime	91.603 %	100 %	97.465 %	100 %	100 %
30d service uptime	99.700 %	100 %	99.861 %	99.994 %	100 %
90d service uptime	92.858 %	99.999 %	98.714 %	99.989 %	99.769 %
Blocked domains	1,159,175	1,159,175	1,159,175	1,159,175	1,159,175
Privacy level	Maximum	Maximum	Maximum	Maximum	Maximum
Last filter update	2024/04/19	2024/04/19	2024/04/19	2024/04/19	2024/04/19
Last 24h
Total DNS queries	142,614	205,293	35,925	82,202	213,471
Ads blocked	(2.7 %) 3,871	(11.3 %) 23,267	(1.5 %) 536	(1.2 %) 1,000	(3.1 %) 6,541
Queries forwarded	109,838	147,658	33,706	73,357	183,036
Queries cached	(20.2 %) 28,815	(16.6 %) 33,994	(4.3 %) 1,545	(9.0 %) 7,402	(11.0 %) 23,529
UNKNOWN responses	33,866	40,529	8,971	21,464	51,263
NODATA responses	13,228	17,834	3,153	7,877	22,829
NXDOMAIN responses	6,403	8,699	708	3,621	12,469
CNAME responses	9,375	16,561	5,123	3,743	15,254
IP responses	28,987	58,699	3,779	9,795	29,198
DOMAIN responses	5,303	4,534	173	2,089	5,552
RRNAME responses	1	1	0	0	2
SERVFAIL responses	42,860	54,567	12,877	31,055	71,256
DNSSEC responses	2,529	3,778	1,133	2,458	4,898
BLOB responses	62	91	8	100	750

DNS response latency matrix

Latency to from	Amsterdam	New York	Frankfurt	Los Angeles
phdns1.lonet.org	10 ms	104 ms	3 ms	152 ms
phdns2.lonet.org	13 ms	117 ms	3 ms	152 ms
phdns3.lonet.org	107 ms	26 ms	119 ms	40 ms
phdns4.lonet.org	39 ms	122 ms	83 ms	180 ms
phdns5.lonet.org	12 ms	91 ms	15 ms	144 ms
Cloudflare DNS	0 ms	3 ms	3 ms	4 ms
Google DNS	9 ms	16 ms	3 ms	4 ms
Quad9 DNS	9 ms	17 ms	3 ms	200 ms
Open DNS	4 ms	18 ms	7 ms	16 ms
Neustar DNS	1 ms	11 ms	7 ms	8 ms
Control D DNS	1 ms	13 ms	0 ms	4 ms
Verisign DNS	0 ms	32 ms	0 ms	0 ms

Filter lists

The blocklist database containing 1,159,175 blocked domains has been updated 0 days, 0 hours and 46 minutes ago.

Requests for whitelisting or delisting a domain will be ignored. If you want your domain delisted: Figure out which blocklist contains your domain and refer to the policies of this list for delisting.

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