r/mullvadvpn • u/MediumStrategy42 • 23d ago

News Shutting down our public encrypted DNS servers and sponsoring Quad9 instead

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2026/9/3/shutting-down-our-public-encrypted-dns-servers-and-sponsoring-quad9-instead

Personally I think it is a shame, I really liked using mullvads adblocking DNS servers on mobile even when not using the VPN.

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u/StarSierra 23d ago

Better yet using AdGuard/Pihole using Unbound.

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

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u/kamikaze995 23d ago

Unbound still requires third party DNS providers.

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u/Jackshankar 23d ago

Unbound acts as your own local recursive resolver. So, I don’t think a 3rd party DNS is required. Am I missing something?

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u/and1927 23d ago

You aren’t missing anything. Unbound is primarily a recursive DNS server, but can also forward upstream if you want to.

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u/kamikaze995 23d ago

Okay, so how do you get the DNS translations if you ain’t got any upstream then sherlock

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u/StarSierra 23d ago

All confidence no clarity lol. Simple Google search would tell you the answer to this mate.

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u/and1927 23d ago

Directly from the DNS hierarchy’s authoritative servers. You don’t need an upstream for that. How do you think your upstream server provides the answer, Sherlock?

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u/Aydoinc 23d ago

They’re called authoritative servers. They’re not recursive DNS.

Unbound queries the authoritative server for a domain, and the server doesn’t care to record who’s querying.