author | Alberto Bertogli
<albertito@blitiri.com.ar> 2020-09-27 10:13:05 UTC |
committer | Alberto Bertogli
<albertito@blitiri.com.ar> 2020-09-27 10:13:05 UTC |
parent | d888b3a6bc0dda2d145edac873ee5baa15e4343c |
debian/dnss.1 | +6 | -9 |
diff --git a/debian/dnss.1 b/debian/dnss.1 index 93f9aa5..7ecfb47 100644 --- a/debian/dnss.1 +++ b/debian/dnss.1 @@ -6,19 +6,16 @@ dnss - DNS over HTTPS .RI [ flags ] .SH DESCRIPTION -dnss is a daemon that can encapsulate DNS over HTTPS. +dnss is a daemon for using DNS over HTTPS. -It can act as a DNS-to-HTTPS proxy, using https://dns.google.com as a server -or anything implementing the same API. +It can act as a proxy, receiving DNS requests and resolving them using +DNS-over-HTTPs (DoH). This can be useful to improve DNS security and privacy +on laptops and small/home networks. -It can also act as an HTTPS-to-DNS proxy, implementing the same HTTP API; you -can use this instead of https://dns.google.com if you want more control over -the servers and the final DNS server used (for example if you are in an -isolated environment, such as a test lab or a private network). +It can also act as a DoH server, in case you want end to end control. In the default mode of operation, it listens for DNS requests on port 53, and -will query an HTTPS server (https://dns.google.com by default) to resolve -them. +will query a DNS-over-HTTP server (dns.google by default) to resolve them. .SH OPTIONS