Mullvad is shutting down its free public DNS on November 2nd, and if you set it up yourself, you need to switch before then. Mullvad VPN is not impacted, but here’s who’s affected and what to use instead. I'll discuss Quad9 if you just want private DNS, or Control D’s free resolvers if you want filtering. I’ll also share why I ended up on NextDNS to keep things free with Tailscale.

🔗 SOURCES & LINKS • Mullvad Announcement: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/shutting-down-our-public-encrypted-dns-servers-and-sponsoring-quad9-instead • Quad9: https://quad9.net/ • CONTROL D Free DNS: https://controld.com/free-dns • NextDNS Kickback: https://nextdns.io/?from=5v4be7mt • NextDNS: https://nextdns.io/

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 MULLVAD PUBLIC DNS SHUT DOWN 00:18 THE ANNOUNCEMENT 01:26 WHAT CHANGES & WHAT YOU NEED TO DO 02:36 PUBLIC DNS ALTERNATIVES 06:08 BRINGING IT TOGETHER #mullvad #dns #quad9