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DoTDNS over TLS

DNS encrypted with TLS on dedicated port 853 — same goal as DoH but uses its own protocol port.

DoT (RFC 7858) was the first widely-deployed encrypted-DNS standard. It runs on TCP 853 and is straightforward for network operators to allow or block.

DoH is now more common in browsers because port-443 traffic is harder to censor. DoT is still common on Android (which uses it under "Private DNS").

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