This article assumes you have already configured your Netgear Orbi router to use the CleanBrowsing DNS service. To block VPN at the network level, you will need to have administrative access to your home router. This article picks up inside the administrative panel. Step 1: Navigate to Block Services From the…
DNSCrypt support is available on all our services through port 8443. DNSCrypt encrypts and authenticates DNS traffic for privacy and security reasons. We offer a guide on how to configure CleanBrowsing with DNSCrypt. Family Filter Blocks access to all adult, pornographic and explicit sites. It also blocks proxy and VPN domains…
DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is now fully supported on the CleanBrowsing network. This modern protocol encrypts DNS traffic using HTTPS, enhancing privacy and preventing DNS hijacking and ISP surveillance. Unlike traditional DNS, which sends queries in plain text, DoH wraps DNS requests inside secure HTTPS traffic. This protects your browsing…
DNS over TLS support, encrypted DNS, is available on all our services through port 853. DNS over TLS encrypts and authenticates all your DNS traffic to protect your privacy and prevent DNS hijacking and sniffing. Support for DNS over TLS (Private DNS) has been added to Android Pie 9 and…
What most administrators don’t realize is that by “default” what you can control on the Apple iOS devices is very limited out of the box. Large enterprises get around this by using Mobile Device Management (MDM) platforms, like Mosyle. Unfortunately, the idea of an MDM for smaller organizations limited with…
This article is specific to organizations that leverage the JAMF Pro Mobile Device Management (MDM) to manage their Apple OS fleet (e.g., iPhone, iPad ). It will show you how you can solve your content filtering needs with JAMF by leveraging the CleanBrowsing content filtering platform. Note: This option is…
This article is specific to organizations that leverage the Mosyle Mobile Device Management (MDM) to manage their Apple OS fleet (e.g., iPhone, iPad ). It will show you how you can solve your content filtering needs with Mosyle by leveraging the CleanBrowsing content filtering platform. Note: This option is available…
IPv6 is the latest internet protocol, its predecessor was IPv4. IPv6 was first introduced in the 90’s in anticipation of the internet running out of IPv4 addresses. The problem, however, has been the slow adoption of IPv6. To this day, even though some devices are defaulting to IPv6 as their…
DNSCrypt is a protocol that authenticates communications between a DNS client and a DNS resolver. It is specifically helpful if you are having issues with your Internet Service Provider (ISP) hijacking DNS requests. When DNS requests are hijacked a user is unable to define their preferred DNS resolvers, this means…
How to leverage the open source Stubby DNS resolver with CleanBrowsing. What is Stubby ‘Stubby’ is an application (daemon) that runs on your network and allows you to proxy local DNS requests to external DNS resolvers leveraging DNS over TLS. Stubby encrypts DNS queries sent from a client machine (desktop…