Cloudflare Tunnel: proxy-dns Command Removal 2026
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Hi everyone,

I have been using cloudflared for DNS-over-HTTPS for the past 5 years and it’s been working pretty well. One of the reasons for using it was because my ISP was hijacking my DNS queries and changing it to their own DNS server.

However, I saw this news where the proxy-dns feature in cloudflared is being closed and they are asking customers to shift to their WARP client instead.

I want to know what the community is using for encrypted DNS services (DoH, DoT, DoQ)

Thanks :)

  • Hari Bari@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    5 hours ago

    Since you’re posting in the self hosted community I’ll assume you’re looking for a self hosted alternative.

    I’ve been meaning to try out Hickory DNS. I too want to use DoH on my clients, and will use native Android/Firefox options to enable it client side.

    Haven’t settled settled on an upstream provider yet, so from Hickory DNS onwards I’ll still need to find something else.

    • xavier666@lemmy.umucat.dayOPEnglish
      21·
      4 hours ago

      I’ll assume you’re looking for a self hosted alternative

      I self-host the cloudflaredwhich is used by my Pihole as the upstream provider.

      I shall check out Hickory DNS. Thanks!

      Edit: Okay, the application is still in alpha-stage. I’m afraid I can’t use it, but I will be keeping an eye out for it.