Use Cases Protecting Students On Your School Network We take a look at how Schools can use Control D to help protect students from problematic content and malicious actors.
Technical Control D vs Pi-hole - An Honest Comparison Yegor takes a look at the similarities and differences between Control D and Pi-Hole.
Technical How To: Set Up Control D DNS on Windows 11 21H2 & 22H2 A step-by-step guide to setting up Control D on versions 21H2 and 22H2 of Windows 11.
Technical How To: Set Up Control D DNS on Windows 10 or Earlier A step-by-step guide to setting up Control D using legacy DNS on Windows 10 or earlier.
Technical How To: Set Up Control D on Firefox A simple, step-by-step guide to setting up Control D on your Firefox browser, for those users who prefer to avoid Chromium-based options.
Technical Control D vs NextDNS - An Honest Comparison We've seen an influx of NextDNS users expressing interest in Control D, so this article is meant to address all the questions we've encountered so far. Since this is a
What's New in Control D Over the last couple of months, the team at Control D have hunkered down in the DNS Den to work on a refactor of our systems and some significant changes
Technical DoT Implementation Solution We were recently faced with an interesting corner case implementation issue after an Asuswrt-merlin update. Here's how we fixed it.
Use Cases Managing Your Focus With Control D DNS It's hard to be productive with all the distractions from social media and more these days, but with our DNS service you can take back Control.
Technical How To: Set Up Control D On Google Chrome You've chosen the best custom DNS service out there - here's how to set it up on what is, arguably, the internet's favourite browser: Google Chrome.
Announcements DNS Analytics: How to Take Control of Your DNS Queries We're incredibly proud of the work that has gone into our Analytics feature, and we think that it's a powerful tool for our users to take more control of their internet experience.
How Much Control Do You Need From Your DNS Service? DNS is essential to the efficient functioning of the World Wide Web as we know it. Much like the phone books of old, it ensures that all the vital parts of the web are able to find each other and work in sync.
Technical Now Everyone's a Hackerman: Network Simulations made Easy with Control D I spent hours working on it before the proverbial “Eureka!” moment hit me, and I realized that I could use Control D to solve my problems in a much more straightforward way.
Use Cases Back to School with Control D Control D is a DNS service that helps improve your privacy and productivity by letting you manage your internet traffic - all without installing a single piece of software.
Use Cases Control D vs Cloudflare: How Do We Compare? If you've found yourself at this article then it's fair to presume you're interested in a DNS service, and you're looking to get some hard comparisons when deciding which one to use.
Technical The Default Rule This nifty little toggle lets you modify the general behavior of Control D, letting you block, bypass, or redirect traffic.
Use Cases Parental Control D We're not here to say that today's parents have it harder than any before, but they've definitely got it tough.
Control D vs NextDNS: How Do We Compare? The side-by-side comparisons are as unbiased as we can make, and it’s fair to say that you get more bang for your buck out of Control D.
Announcements No limits, 3rd Party Filters, disable button, and more As some of you know, we recently conducted a survey to learn more from those who use (and used to use) Control D. Safe to say, we've learned quite a bit and we're taking your feedback to heart. The following will describe what we
Technical Why You Should (and Shouldn't) Use Control D The following article offers a technical deep dive into Control D, illustrating the many ways you can use it - as well as use cases when you shouldn't - and why. What is Control D, actually? Control D is a user configurable DNS service
Announcements UI Overhaul + New Features Been a while since our last update, but we've been busy beavers working on things, so didn't get a chance to do an update. The time for that has come. Major update of Control D has been released, and it brings a ton of
Announcements New site, new upcoming features It's been a while since the last blog update, but this is not because we were sitting around doing nothing for months, ohh no. We've been busy beavers (we're from Canada after all) and you may have noticed some new things last week. New
Announcements Multi-Profile Support and Other Improvements You may have noticed that we didn't do a September progress update. This isn't because we're lazy, we've just been busy putting the finishing touches on a major ControlD update. The update is available now and has a whole lotta added features. Multiple Profiles
Announcements Beta Updates - August 2021 Here are some of the things we worked on in the past few weeks, and what's coming in the near future. IPv6 SupportThis has been fully rolled out to all datacenters except Sydney and Chennai, where the work still continues. We're doing the finishing
Announcements Beta Updates - July 2021 Most of the work in the last month has been related to IPv6 deployment and multi-profile support, the work on both aspects continues and we hope to begin rolling these things out in the coming weeks. Here are some things we actually deployed in