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    Foundation for Applied Privacy DNS

    A privacy-focused DNS resolver based in Vienna, supporting DoH and DoT with strict non-logging and QNAME minimisation practices.

    ATAustria
    Headquarters
    🇦🇹Austria
    Data Hosting
    Austria
    Structure
    Independent
    Compliance
    â–£GDPRâ—†EU HQâ–¦EU Data

    Foundation for Applied Privacy DNS key facts

    Last updated
    Legal entity
    Applied Privacy Network (applied-privacy.net)
    Headquarters
    Austria (AT)
    Ownership
    Independent
    Data hosting
    Austria
    Infrastructure
    Self-hosted
    Open source
    No
    US Cloud Act exposure
    Low (no US parent)
    Replaces
    Google Public DNS, Cloudflare DNS, NextDNS

    About Foundation for Applied Privacy DNS

    Applied Privacy Network operates DNS privacy services designed to protect DNS traffic and diversify the global resolver landscape. Unlike many commercial providers, they do not provide DNS filtering; instead, they serve original records from authoritative servers while implementing modern privacy-enhancing protocols. The service is strictly focused on encryption and metadata reduction, supporting DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS while deliberately excluding support for legacy cleartext DNS (UDP/53). Its infrastructure is located in Vienna, Austria, and follows a strict privacy policy regarding logging to ensure user confidentiality.

    Alternative to

    Google Public DNSCloudflare DNSNextDNS

    Hosting & Security

    Infrastructure

    Self-hosted

    Key Features

    DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH)
    DNS-over-TLS (DoT)
    QNAME minimisation (RFC7816)
    DNSSEC-validation
    Aggressive Use of DNSSEC-Validated Cache (RFC8198)
    No EDNS client subnet (RFC7871)
    TLS 1.2 and 1.3 only
    EDNS0 Padding Option (RFC7830/8467)

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