Connect to 1.1.1.1 using DoH clients

There are several DoH clients you can use to connect to 1.1.1.1.

​​ cloudflared

1. Download and install the cloudflared daemon.

2. Verify that the cloudflared daemon is installed by entering the following command:

3. Start the DNS proxy on an address and port in your network. If you do not specify an address and port, it will start listening on localhost:53. DNS (53) is a privileged port, so for the initial demo we will use a different port:

4. You can verify that cloudflared is running using a dig, kdig, host, or any other DNS client.

5. Run cloudflared as a service so it starts on user login. On many Linux distributions, this can be done with:

6. Change your system DNS servers to use 127.0.0.1. On Linux, you can modify /etc/resolv.conf:

7. Finally, verify it locally with:

​​ DNSCrypt-Proxy

The DNSCrypt-Proxy Open external link 2.0+ supports DoH out of the box. It supports both 1.1.1.1 and other services. It also includes more advanced features, such as load balancing and local filtering.

1. Install DNSCrypt-Proxy Open external link .

2. Verify that dnscrypt-proxy is installed and the version is 2.0 or later:

3. Set up the configuration file using the official instructions Open external link , and add cloudflare and cloudflare-ipv6 to the server list in dnscrypt-proxy.toml:

4. Make sure that nothing else is running on localhost:53, and check that everything works as expected:

5. Register it as a system service according to the DNSCrypt-Proxy installation instructions Open external link .