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November 19, 2020 05:25 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/jldJwxY1l6s/fearing-drama-mozilla-opens-public-consultation-before-worldwide-firefox-doh-rollout
Fearing Drama, Mozilla Opens Public Consultation Before Worldwide Firefox DoH Rollout
Mozilla has opened today a public comment and consultation period about the ways it could enable support for the controversial privacy-centric DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) protocol inside Firefox. From a report: The browser maker's decision to open a rare public consultation period comes after the organization faced criticism last year in the UK for its plans to support DoH inside Firefox. UK government officials, law enforcement agencies, and local internet service providers criticized Mozilla for developing and wanting to roll out DoH, a feature they said could have helped suspects bypass enterprise firewalls and parental controls blocklists -- even earning the browser maker a nomination for an "Internet Villain" award from a local ISP. All last year's hoopla was caused by DoH, a web protocol developed as an alternative to the classic DNS (Domain Name System). DoH works by encrypting DNS queries (which are normally sent out in clear text) and hiding them inside normal-looking HTTPS web traffic.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/jldJwxY1l6s/fearing-drama-mozilla-opens-public-consultation-before-worldwide-firefox-doh-rollout
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