Shutting down our public encrypted DNS

	Shutting down our public encrypted DNS(mullvad.net)
	475 points by mywacaday 5 days ago \| 250 comments
	tl;dr: Mullvad is shutting down its public encrypted DNS (DoH) service and will financially support Quad9 instead, citing Quad9's specialization in privacy-focused public DNS. Mullvad Browser users on default settings will be automatically migrated to Quad9, while manually configured users must switch before November 2, 2026. Mullvad VPN itself is unaffected since it uses internal DNS.
	HN Discussion: ↑Praises Mullvad's decision to fund Quad9 rather than duplicate efforts ~Notes DoH alone doesn't fully protect privacy without ECH due to SNI leakage ↓Suspects centralized privacy DNS services are vulnerable to government infiltration ~Recommends self-hosting a local recursive resolver like Unbound instead of using public DNS ↓Concerned this shutdown is a warning sign about Mullvad scaling back services