Mozilla says that WebTransport is built on top of HTTP3 and that they plan to add HTTP2 support in a future release. It’s an alternative for WebSockets and it comes in handy when using Firefox for gaming and live streaming.
Of course, you can also turn off DNS over HTTPS completely if you want to use your default DNS resolver, and it’s also now possible to manage exceptions, in the case when you want to use DNS over HTTPS but not on certain websites.Īnother new feature in this release is the enablement of WebTransport by default to handle multiple use cases that are hard or impossible to handle without it. New DNS over HTTP privacy feature in Firefox 114 The “Max Protection” option will also add a security risk warning before the use of your system DNS and always warns you if secure DNS isn’t available, which means that websites will not load or will have minimal functionality when this option is enabled. However, for stronger security, you can enable either the “Increased Protection” option, which lets you control when to use secure DNS, as well as to choose your favorite provider from either Cloudflare or NextDNS, or the “Max Protection” option, which tells Firefox to always use secure DNS over HTTPS. “Default Protection” is the default setting, allowing Firefox to decide when to use secure DNS to protect your privacy.
It now offers you three layers of protection: Default Protection, Increased Protection, and Max Protection. Highlights of Firefox 114 include a revamped DNS over HTTPS feature that has been implemented in Settings > Privacy & Security and it’s enabled by default. The Firefox 114 is now available for download ahead of its official unveiling on June 6th, 2023, as another worthy update for this popular open-source web browser used by numerous GNU/Linux distributions by default.
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