Back in 2018 Cloudflare announced 1.1.1.1; the privacy-first consumer DNS service to speed up your internet connection and help keep it private, later it launched its Android and iOS apps. Today it has released 1.1.1.1 for Families. As the name says, the new DNS resolver is for home networks to protect your devices from security threats and block adult content from being accessed by their kids.
The company says that it includes the same strong privacy guarantees as 1.1.1.1 that it launched two years ago. You can configure it on your home devices or network router. The company says that it process more than 200 billion DNS requests per day making it the second largest public DNS resolver in the world behind Google.
1.1.1.1 for Families
Malware Blocking Only
Primary DNS: 1.1.1.2
Secondary DNS: 1.0.0.2
Malware and Adult Content
Primary DNS: 1.1.1.3
Secondary DNS: 1.0.0.3
For IPv6 use:
Malware Blocking Only
Primary DNS: 2606:4700:4700::1112
Secondary DNS: 2606:4700:4700::1002
Malware and Adult Content
Primary DNS: 2606:4700:4700::1113
Secondary DNS: 2606:4700:4700::1003
In the coming months the company plans to provide the ability to define additional configuration settings including options to create specific whitelists and blacklists of certain sites for 1.1.1.1 for Families. “You will be able to set the times of the day when categories, such as social media, are blocked and get reports on your household’s Internet usage,” says the company.