Currently all DNS queries are being queried over normal HTTP that can be intercepted and the hacker/scammer can then respond with a different IP address, misleading you to a clone of the original website that the hacker owns.
This can be avoided by installing Cloudflare's own app, cloudflared
, on your machine to route all your DNS queries over HTTPS which is secure and can't be altered. It's also a lot faster! 💡 Learn More
This is a guide on how to install cloudflared
to query Cloudflare's DNS server over an HTTPS connection.
- Install Homebrew if you don't have it