How much EU is in DNS4EU?
a year ago
- #DNS
- #Cybersecurity
- #EU
- DNS4EU is a secure DNS service supported by ENISA to enhance digital sovereignty and security for EU citizens.
- Initial DNS lookups for DNS4EU name servers show they are hosted by Cloudns, a European company, with all IP addresses within the EU.
- The website www.joindns4.eu is served via Cloudflare, an American company, making the EU to non-EU score 1:1.
- Mail services for DNS4EU are handled by Google, another American company, adjusting the EU to non-EU score to 1:2.
- DNS resolvers for DNS4EU are registered by an EU company, but BGP routing reveals traffic is routed via AS60068 in the UK (non-EU), making the final score 1:3.
- Concerns are raised about DNS4EU's redundancy and DDoS protection, suggesting it should be anycasted and multi-homed with EU providers.