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Protect: protecting DNS requests

Yandex.Browser uses the DNSCrypt technology, which protects users from DNS hijacking and spoofing.

DNS hijacking risks

Connecting to an internet host requires information about its IP address, and it is easier for users to remember letter-based addresses than the sequence of numbers in an IP address. DNS is a distributed system that takes a request containing a domain name and gets its IP address.


Attention! The request to the DNS server and the response are transmitted openly, without encryption.

The lack of encryption means that:

  • The internet provider or network administrator can find out which sites a user is accessing.

DNSCrypt technology in Yandex.Browser

The DNSCrypt technology encrypts DNS requests and protects them from interception. All encrypted requests are sent to the Yandex DNS server, which also supports the DNSCrypt protocol.

Note. By default, DNSCrypt encryption is disabled.

Enabling encryption of DNS requests

To enable encryption of DNS requests:

  1. Click the button

    In the top right corner of the browser window


    Note. We recommend selecting the Yandex DNS server.