Public DNS

Features

Announcements

• 2024/Apr/24 ‐ Sudden IPv4 and IPv6 change on phdns5 server. Please use 194.164.121.97 and 2a00:da00:f237:1e00::1 from now on.
• 2024/Apr/20 ‐ No more IPv6 on phdns4 server for now. Server migration is planned.
• 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• 2021/Oct/01 ‐ Fixed Let's Encrypt outdated cross-signed certificates by removing the obsolete trust anchor.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		53		closed	Please register to get access.
DNS	194.164.121.97	2a00:da00:f237:1e00::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		853		open	TLS hostname: phdns4.lonet.org
DNS-over-TLS	194.164.121.97	2a00:da00:f237:1e00::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		8443		open	sdns://AQMAAAAAAAAADjgyLjIyMy4xMTQuMTcyABBwaGRuczQubG9uZXQub3Jn
DNScrypt	194.164.121.97	2a00:da00:f237:1e00::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 750,073 DNS queries from clients in the past 24 hours. About 3.3% 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 23 of 23 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	8 ms	3 ms	0 ms	1 ms	1 ms
Average latency	43 ms	53 ms	105 ms	427 ms	77 ms
Recursor latency	49 ms	61 ms	108 ms	552 ms	84 ms
DNS availability
DoH availability
DoT availability
DNScrypt availability
Todays service uptime	100 %	100 %	100 %	83.510 %	80 %
Yesterdays service uptime	100 %	100 %	100 %	82.541 %	80.378 %
30d service uptime	99.700 %	100 %	99.898 %	96.516 %	97.604 %
90d service uptime	94.203 %	99.999 %	98.713 %	98.835 %	98.972 %
Blocked domains	1,122,640	1,122,640	1,122,640	1,122,640	1,122,640
Privacy level	Maximum	Maximum	Maximum	Maximum	Maximum
Last filter update	2024/04/25	2024/04/25	2024/04/25	2024/04/25	2024/04/25
Last 24h
Total DNS queries	235,940	271,764	131,951	13,522	96,896
Ads blocked	(7.9 %) 18,722	(4.3 %) 11,668	(2.1 %) 2,726	(0.5 %) 63	(1.8 %) 1,721
Queries forwarded	189,360	224,711	124,309	10,358	87,503
Queries cached	(11.8 %) 27,841	(13.0 %) 35,380	(3.3 %) 4,304	(22.7 %) 3,074	(7.9 %) 7,672
UNKNOWN responses	59,341	80,356	43,481	2,290	27,051
NODATA responses	20,080	22,684	11,264	1,524	8,607
NXDOMAIN responses	10,375	11,451	2,304	422	4,742
CNAME responses	14,433	16,874	13,699	260	5,173
IP responses	46,203	48,948	12,236	3,871	9,869
DOMAIN responses	4,739	4,911	466	189	1,807
RRNAME responses	2	3	1	1	1
SERVFAIL responses	76,123	82,173	45,873	4,371	37,471
DNSSEC responses	4,517	4,269	2,578	538	2,161
BLOB responses	127	95	49	56	14

DNS response latency matrix

Latency to from	Amsterdam	New York	Frankfurt	Los Angeles
phdns1.lonet.org	10 ms	106 ms	71 ms	152 ms
phdns2.lonet.org	13 ms	99 ms	7 ms	152 ms
phdns3.lonet.org	111 ms	39 ms	127 ms	44 ms
phdns4.lonet.org	40 ms	113 ms	35 ms	172 ms
phdns5.lonet.org	10 ms	80 ms	15 ms	140 ms
Cloudflare DNS	10 ms	1 ms	0 ms	0 ms
Google DNS	4 ms	20 ms	3 ms	0 ms
Quad9 DNS	10 ms	17 ms	95 ms	4 ms
Open DNS	15 ms	28 ms	7 ms	16 ms
Neustar DNS	1 ms	10 ms	3 ms	12 ms
Control D DNS	1 ms	4 ms	0 ms	4 ms
Verisign DNS	0 ms	40 ms	0 ms	0 ms

Filter lists

The blocklist database containing 1,122,640 blocked domains has been updated 0 days, 1 hour and 48 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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