Encrypt your DNS on Ubuntu 20.04

If you are using dnscrypt to connect to OpenDNS, there is another way: drill txt debug.opendns.com or dig txt debug.opendns.com You should see a line that says ...

This guide will help you configure dnscrypt-proxy** to use the UK DNS Privacy Project's secure public DNS resolvers, enhancing your privacy and security by ...

To utilize DNS -Over- HTTPS (DoH) or other encrypted DNS protocols with Pi-hole, preventing man-in-the-middle attacks between Pi-hole and upstream DNS servers.

The command: /etc/init.d/dnscrypt-proxy status shows the status as inactive. However, when I run the command directly: dnscrypt-proxy ...

So I finally got dnscrypt-proxy working... sort of. If I reboot, then in Terminal, I issue: sudo dnscrypt-proxy status

A flexible DNS proxy, with support for modern encrypted DNS protocols such as DNSCrypt v2, DNS-over-HTTPS, Anonymized DNSCrypt and ODoH (Oblivious DoH).

I am in the process of installing and activating dnscrypt-proxy.service on my device and am running into some errors that I cant seem to figure out.

Check if dnscrypt-proxy is working. Open the browser and head to DnsLeakTest and do an extended test, if the results show servers that you have ...

Home of the DNSCrypt project, a protocol to improve DNS security. Download DNSCrypt clients, the DNSCrypt server proxy, and read the specifications here.

From what I gather, it might be indicating a transient misconfiguration on the remote DNS server side rather than an issue with my setup. Still ...