Getting Started with DNS over HTTPS on Firefox
I&#x27;m interested to see how the implementation performs in practice, but I don&#x27;t see DNS over HTTPS as better than some of the other solutions out there. Some have been around for a while and are well-tried but failed to gain wide adoption, like DNSSEC. Others are new kids, unproven but with lots of promise on paper, like IPFS service discovery.<p>In no particular order, here are some alternative technologies. As always YMMV and the proof is not just in the technical implementation of the protocol, but also the policies and politics around the adoption. A good chunk of them overlap DNS&#x27;s goals in what they aim to do, but only partially.<p>* DNSSEC - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.icann.org&#x2F;resources&#x2F;pages&#x2F;dnssec-qaa-2014-01-29-en" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.icann.org&#x2F;resources&#x2F;pages&#x2F;dnssec-qaa-2014-01-29-...</a><p>Various Distributed Hash Table (DHT) based approaches:<p>* IPNS - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@yaniv_g&#x2F;hosting-websites-on-ipfs-with-ipns-b94659c42b52" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@yaniv_g&#x2F;hosting-websites-on-ipfs-with-ip...</a><p>* Telehash - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;telehash.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;telehash.org&#x2F;</a><p>Various cryptocurrency approaches:<p>* Namecoin - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bit.namecoin.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bit.namecoin.org&#x2F;</a><p>* DomainToken - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.domaintoken.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.domaintoken.io&#x2F;</a><p>* Steemit - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;steemit.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;steemit.com&#x2F;</a><p>If you know of others, please comment with the name and a link.