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bkarl
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Article Id 317003
Description This article describes the way to enable DNS queries over HTTPS on Windows.
Scope

Windows 10, 11.

Solution

Go to REGEDIT and choose HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> Current Control Set -> Services -> Dndcache -> Parameters

Create a new value (DWORD 32bits) and name it 'enable' then 'right click', choose modify, and change the value from 0 to 2 on Value Information.

 

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After that, it is possible to configure the network adapter with DNS IP addresses that manage DNS traffic over HTTPS like Cloudflare (1.1.1.1).

This configuration will send DNS queries auto over UDP and HTTPS.