I asked https://www.bing.com/images/create: A guinea pig sits behind a laptop and smartphone on a table, in a sort of newsreel studio, with the European continent projected in ASCII Art behind it and the text free DNS server below it on a newsreel. The height is a maximum of 120 to 180 pixels, and the width is 250 to 350 pixels. The guinea pig sits slightly askew in front of the lens and is black, white, and brown.

freedns.nl.eu.org

Last update: September 20, 2025 1629 UTC

General info:

This public DNS resolver is accessible via both ipv4 and ipv6 with DoH and DoT, using public denylists to filter #NSFW, ads and domains related to badware.

Why this server?

It may come in handy to block unwanted content for your family. Or keep rubbish from polluting your homenetwork. You may like to learn new things, or in my case: resend all those ads keeping my browser busy for no reason, just warming up my appartment and running up my electricity bill :-p

Apply for access

while you comply with my terms of usage, do if $yourInternetConnection -eq fixedIPAdress; then ifconfig; ip a | mail -s "req use freedns" sysop@freedns.nl.eu.org -r $yourEmailaddress fi done

What is blocked?

 I filter domains listed in any of these lists cited below:
  • https://lists.cyberhost.uk/malware.txt
  • https://nsfw.oisd.nl/domainswild2
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/wildcard/gambling.txt
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/wildcard/hoster.txt
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/wildcard/nsfw.txt
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/wildcard/pro.plus.txt
  • https://codeberg.org/xRuffKez/NRD/raw/branch/main/lists/14-day/domains-only/nrd-14day
  • https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt

How is this done?

This UNIX server runs FreeBSD on a vps hosted in the public cloud of OVH. DNS is served by Unbound, forwarding queries encrypted using TLS (DOT) to artikel10.org, digitale-gesellschaft.ch, dns4eu, mullvad and uncensoreddns.org. Filtering is done by blocky. DOH is served using nginx. Or for the more visual inclined folks: a somewhat sloppily drawn picture may clarify matters.

Unencrypted DNS TCP and UDP port 53 141.95.101.73
2001:41d0:701:1000::2ee3
DNS over HTTPS TCP port 443 https://solvanto.freedns.nl.eu.org/dns-query
DNS over TLS TCP port 853 141.95.101.73@853#solvanto.freedns.nl.eu.org*1
2001:41d0:701:1000::2ee3@853#solvanto.freedns.nl.eu.org*1

Is it free?

Well sort of. I'm personally commited to make and keep the internet a pleasant place. So as long I'm able to use those highly regarded initiatives I let bystanders use my service.

Will you help me

By operating this server I do, yes! You can help by not asking *me* questions how to configure the stuff you run. I mean: the internet is full of advice. Project suggestions are welcome though. Please submit blocking suggestions to the respective listowners directly as I have no intention to develop my own list.

Terms of use

By using this server you agree not to be abusive to the internet as a whole. It's meant to be used by a typical home user interested in reducing his/her/they/them footprint. If you send hundreds of dns queries a second find yourself a playground $elsewhere.I hereby declare I won't collect nor sell any generated user data. Email data is kept on file as long as necessary.

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