Brave should give more control over DNS over HTTPS (DoH).
Right now it's only possible to use either a DoH resolver or disable DoH and use a local DNS resolver.
It should be possible to use a DoH resolver and fallback to a local DNS resolver when domains can't be resolved by DoH.
Following features are missing:
Setting to choose Fallback to local DNS if Domain can't be resolved by DoH resolver (Without a warning, similar to "Increased Protection" from Firefox)
Setting to force only DoH resolver (With a warning that the browser would like to request the local DNS resolver that requires confirmation by the user, similar to "Max Protection" from Firefox)
Problems with existing implementation
If DoH is configured it's impossible to resolve a local domain by a Local DNS resolver.
With today's implementation, there are two ways getting Local DNS resolving to work:
DoH needs to be completely disabled
Static DNS entries in /etc/hosts are required
Both solutions are not intuitive and a fallback to a local DNS resolver would me much appreciated.
Solution
This feature would allow to use a DoH resolver whenever it is possible and to have a local fallback when it is needed.
DoH can be enabled all the time and local DNS entries would get resolved.
Example how Firefox solved it
Firefox added more granular control a few months ago, Brave should adopt something similar:
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Description
Brave should give more control over DNS over HTTPS (DoH). Right now it's only possible to use either a DoH resolver or disable DoH and use a local DNS resolver. It should be possible to use a DoH resolver and fallback to a local DNS resolver when domains can't be resolved by DoH.
Following features are missing:
Problems with existing implementation
If DoH is configured it's impossible to resolve a local domain by a Local DNS resolver.
With today's implementation, there are two ways getting Local DNS resolving to work:
Both solutions are not intuitive and a fallback to a local DNS resolver would me much appreciated.
Solution
This feature would allow to use a DoH resolver whenever it is possible and to have a local fallback when it is needed. DoH can be enabled all the time and local DNS entries would get resolved.
Example how Firefox solved it
Firefox added more granular control a few months ago, Brave should adopt something similar: