CleanBrowsing explained

CleanBrowsing is a free public DNS resolver with content filtering, founded by Daniel B. Cid and Tony Perez. It supports DNS TLS over port 853 and DNS over HTTP over port 443 in addition to the standard DNS over port 53. CleanBrowsing filters can be used by parents to protect their children from adult and inappropriate content online.

Services

CleanBrowsing has three standard filters accessible via the following anycast IP addresses:^{[1] [2]}

							Via DoT
Family Filter				185.228.168.168 185.228.169.168	2a0d:2a00:1:: 2a0d:2a00:2::	https://doh.cleanbrowsing.org/doh/family-filter/	family-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org
Adult Filter				185.228.168.10 185.228.169.11	2a0d:2a00:1::1 2a0d:2a00:2::1	https://doh.cleanbrowsing.org/doh/adult-filter/ || adult-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org|-| Security Filter || || || || 185.228.168.9 185.228.169.9 || 2a0d:2a00:1::2 2a0d:2a00:2::2 || https://doh.cleanbrowsing.org/doh/security-filter/	security-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org

Family Filter

Blocks access to adult content, proxy and VPNs, phishing and malicious domains. It enforces Safe Search on Google, Bing and YouTube.

Adult Filter

Less restrictive than the Family filter and only blocks access to adult content and malicious/phishing domains.

Security Filter

Blocks access to malicious and phishing domains.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• DNS over TLS
• Public recursive name servers

Notes and References

1. Web site: CleanBrowsing List of IP Addresses. CleanBrowsing. 2020-07-23.
2. Wallen . Jack . 2018-08-23 . How to enable DNS over TLS in Android Pie . live . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20180911225141/https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-enable-dns-over-tls-in-android-pie/ . 2018-09-11 . 2018-10-11.
3. Web site: Z . Nykolas . Phishing Protection — Comparing DNS Security Filters . . 31 May 2018 . 2018-10-11 . 2018-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180916025817/https://medium.com/@nykolas.z/phishing-protection-comparing-dns-security-filters-9d5a09849b91 . live.
4. Web site: Inc . CleanBrowsing . Free DNS Filtering Block Online Porn with CleanBrowsing . 2023-07-29 . CleanBrowsing . en.