nextdns.io
Infrastructure
dns service
SHOW HN2019
372points
146comments
#68of 2,195 in 2019
Top 4%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
17 positive, 32 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 26 critical, out of 79 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Idea: 9 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 9 againstExecution: 3 for, 4 againstDesign: 2 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 5 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, polished onboarding and design
From 3 comments
This looks really polished, well designed, and most importantly: simple. The privacy policy [0] also shines: it's five points and very specific. [0]: https://www.nextdns.io/privacy
AlphaWeaver on HNReally well designed and communicated. Things are kept simple and advanced knobs are made possible.
oceankid on HNThis is incredibly useful and the on boarding is effortless. Great job - I'd love to know if you plan on charging for this.
keiraarts on HN
Responsive team and useful analytics
From 1 comment
I've been using nextdns since I saw it posted on Twitter a few weeks ago. It's been great. I used to run something like PiHole on my home network but ultimately dnsmasq is not a…
jamesog on HN
Objections
Trust concerns about handing DNS to a new company
From 3 comments
Is your source code open? This looks really cool. I'm nervous about entrusting someone with stuff as sensitive as DNS. If this is all it appears to be, I may be a paying customer…
freedomben on HNPersonally I run either pihole or something similar however setting something similar for all the friends is a bit cumbersome as it at least requires getting a raspberry pi. This…
miki725 on HNI suggest just to use pihole at home on a rpi device. Granting a new and small company may be orders of magnitude worse than giving info to the 'evil' unicorns. The big fishes…
neonhz on HN
Slower latency than Google or Cloudflare DNS
From 2 comments
This is really great! Is their any plan to improve performance? Google and CloudFlare are both ~15ms in my location (Montreal), while nextdns seems to be around ~30ms (which…
CraftThatBlock on HNTry to do MTR and check for the routing. I am from Sri Lanka and I get following over IPv6 using dig, 80-120ms for Nextdns (92ms avg ping) 75-140ms for Google (61ms avg ping)…
miyuru on HN
Website relies on third-party JavaScript
From 2 comments
Nice. DNS has grown notoriously complex over the years and it is hard work to run a standards compliant service. Congratulations. A few suggestions: - Auto-detect OS and suggest…
ignoramous on HNThis is a service I've been looking for! But... Why do you need a shitton of javascript to load your main page? I cannot see the main page with ublock origin + umatrix blocking…
fredsanford on HN
Requests
Open source the code
From 2 comments
Is your source code open? This looks really cool. I'm nervous about entrusting someone with stuff as sensitive as DNS. If this is all it appears to be, I may be a paying customer…
freedomben on HN1. How would you compare your service with paid service "Circle" https://meetcircle.com/ 2. How effective is it at blocking apps? 3. Will you OpenSource it? 4. Can you add some…
vkdelta on HN
Setup instructions for Linux and DNSCrypt clients
From 2 comments
This seems great! I've been wanting to try out Pi-Hole for some time now, but I was concerned about how it might impact the other members of the family who would get annoyed if…
dual_basis on HNNice. DNS has grown notoriously complex over the years and it is hard work to run a standards compliant service. Congratulations. A few suggestions: - Auto-detect OS and suggest…
ignoramous on HN
Clearer privacy policy and data retention details
From 2 comments
Nice. DNS has grown notoriously complex over the years and it is hard work to run a standards compliant service. Congratulations. A few suggestions: - Auto-detect OS and suggest…
ignoramous on HNI would love to try this, but I don't know if I can trust the Privacy Policy, as ignoramus brought up. Could you please explain what data you store and with whom and under what…
malnourish on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 or OpenDNS
From 2 comments
Possibly a very ignorant question, this looks cool but why would I use it over Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 with DNS-over-https (or another encrypted method)?
egamirorrim on HNI'm not sure how this is different than OpenDNS?
steve918 on HN
How the company makes money and whether data is sold
From 2 comments
How do you make money? How can I make sure you won't sell my data?
sergiomattei on HNWhat is the monetization plan? How have you financed the development so far?
polskibus on HN
Alternatives named
Pi-hole
From 2 comments
Personally I run either pihole or something similar however setting something similar for all the friends is a bit cumbersome as it at least requires getting a raspberry pi. This…
miki725 on HNNice. DNS has grown notoriously complex over the years and it is hard work to run a standards compliant service. Congratulations. A few suggestions: - Auto-detect OS and suggest…
ignoramous on HN
Cloudflare 1.1.1.1
From 1 comment
Possibly a very ignorant question, this looks cool but why would I use it over Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 with DNS-over-https (or another encrypted method)?
egamirorrim on HN
OpenDNS
From 2 comments
I'm not sure how this is different than OpenDNS?
steve918 on HNVery nice. I’ve been annoyed opendns hasn’t done similar and hoping something like this would come around.
shireboy on HN
AdGuard DNS
From 1 comment
I've been using adguard dns for a while and while it's an amazing service for mobile, the thing I don't like about it is that it's super aggressive at blocking malware sites and…
superasn on HN