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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @pietsnot56
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      @pietsnot56 clients don't normally do dot, dot is normally for NS to forward to some other NS.. Clients normally want to use doh.. They are completely different things.

      If you want your clients to use dot to pfsense, then yeah you would need to create a cert and use that cert and your clients would need to trust it, and they would need to know and use the fqdn you setup in the cert, or the IP in the san, etc. Use or dot or doh inside your network is a bit over the top to be honest. Is your local network hostile? Is someone able to sniff your dns traffic on your local network that is not you?

      If you want to use dot for unbound to forward to say clouldfare that is clickly clickly to setup..

      What exactly are you trying to accomplish. Your clients would talk to unbound locally via normal dns, and then unbound would use dot to talk to cloudflare dot servers?

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        pietsnot56
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        hi,

        My problem seems to be resolved:

        I saw in the youtube video this custom settings:

        "forward-zone:
        name:"."
        forward-ssl-upstream: yes
        forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853
        forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853"

        By adding this in the service and got this result with 1.1.1.1/help

        "Debug Information
        Connected to 1.1.1.1 Yes
        Using DNS over HTTPS (DoH) No
        Using DNS over TLS (DoT) Yes
        Using DNS over WARP No
        AS Name Cloudflare
        AS Number 13335
        Cloudflare Data Center BRU
        Connectivity to Resolver IP Addresses
        1.1.1.1 Yes
        1.0.0.1 Yes
        2606:4700:4700::1111 No
        2606:4700:4700::1001 No"

        Browsing on internet is ok now!

        thanks for your assistance.

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @pietsnot56
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          @pietsnot56 said in Problem with DNS over TLS:

          I saw in the youtube video this custom settings:
          "forward-zone:
          name:"."
          forward-ssl-upstream: yes
          forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853
          forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853"

          That is old - you no longer need to do that, just need to click the little button. That says forward using tls, and put those in your dns via general.

          https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/dns-over-tls.html#configuring-dns-over-tls

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            pietsnot56
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            hi johnpoz,

            i did the test again without the customs settings and i got the same problems again.
            My settings are identical as in those in
            https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/dns-over-tls.html#configuring-dns-over-tls

            Could there be something else wrong?

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @pietsnot56
              last edited by johnpoz

              @pietsnot56 not sure what you could be doing.. Click Click and using dot to 1.1.1.1

              test.jpg

              Even did a sniff on wan to validate talking to them over 853

              And can see in the resolver status, its only talking to them.

              resolverstatus.jpg

              edit: now back to normal resolving - not a fan of dot.

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                pietsnot56
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                I have similar results in status/ dns resolver with my settings.

                Those are absolutly identical to your setup.

                idem for "1.1.1.1/help"

                Debug Information
                Connected to 1.1.1.1 Yes
                Using DNS over HTTPS (DoH) No
                Using DNS over TLS (DoT) Yes
                Using DNS over WARP No
                AS Name Cloudflare
                AS Number 13335
                Cloudflare Data Center BRU
                Connectivity to Resolver IP Addresses
                1.1.1.1 Yes
                1.0.0.1 Yes
                2606:4700:4700::1111 No
                2606:4700:4700::1001 No
                1.1.1.1 FAQ Terms Privacy Policy Purge Cache

                Could there be a wrong firewall rule that makes the custom settings necessary?

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @pietsnot56
                  last edited by johnpoz

                  @pietsnot56 said in Problem with DNS over TLS:

                  Could there be a wrong firewall rule that makes the custom settings necessary?

                  Sure wouldn't think so.. Any firewall rules would apply if using custom or not.. Are you not hitting save somewhere?

                  You need to set the dns in general, before you set the unbound to forward and dot mode.

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                    pietsnot56
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                    The dns settings in the “general setup” are ok.
                    I have tested several times with and without the custom settings. Only “with” allows me to browsing on the internet.
                    As far i can see all the rest seems working correcty : lookup, 1.1.1.1/ help, ect.
                    I don’t understand that your settings doesn’t working on my firewall. ???

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @pietsnot56
                      last edited by johnpoz

                      @pietsnot56 the gui settings do what your doing in custom..

                      So I again set this back with simple click.. And then look in my unbound.conf

                      cat /var/unbound/unbound.conf

                      And you will see this

                      # Forwarding
                      forward-zone:
                              name: "."
                              forward-tls-upstream: yes
                              forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853#cloudflare-dns.com
                              forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853#cloudflare-dns.com
                      

                      then I undo the check marks and it is gone.

                      while what your doing is doing the same thing really - it makes no sense that you would have to use the custom options to get those settings into your unbound.conf file

                      You really should be setting the name, or your not actually going to verify your talking to clouldflare.. Are you not doing that with custom?

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                        pietsnot56
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                        Hi,

                        Version 2.6.0-RELEASE (amd64)
                        built on Mon Jan 31 19:57:53 UTC 2022
                        FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE

                        The system is on the latest version.
                        Version information updated at Sat Jan 21 14:35:40 -01 2023

                        DNS Server Settings in General setup
                        DNS Servers

                        1.1.1.1
                        cloudfare-dns.com
                        1.0.0.1
                        cloudfare-dns.com
                        .......
                        DNS Resolution Behavior

                        Use local DNS (127.0.0.1), ignore remote DNS Servers

                        A) Config file

                        1 ) this is what i have with the "custom settings on" in the config file.

                        Domain overrides

                        include: /var/unbound/domainoverrides.conf

                        Forwarding

                        forward-zone:
                        name: "."
                        forward-tls-upstream: yes
                        forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853#cloudfare-dns.com
                        forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853#cloudfare-dns.com

                        Unbound custom options

                        server:
                        private-domain:"plex.direct"
                        forward-zone:
                        name:"."
                        forward-ssl-upstream: yes
                        forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853
                        forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853
                        server:include: /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.*conf

                        1. by erasing the custom settings:

                        Domain overrides

                        include: /var/unbound/domainoverrides.conf

                        Forwarding

                        forward-zone:
                        name: "."
                        forward-tls-upstream: yes
                        forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853#cloudfare-dns.com
                        forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853#cloudfare-dns.com

                        Unbound custom options

                        server:
                        private-domain:"plex.direct"
                        server:include: /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.*conf

                        3 ) by unchecking "use SSL/TLS for outgoing..."

                        Domain overrides

                        include: /var/unbound/domainoverrides.conf

                        Forwarding

                        forward-zone:
                        name: "."
                        forward-addr: 1.1.1.1
                        forward-addr: 1.0.0.1

                        B) error file with Use SSL/TLS for outgoing DNS Queries to Forwarding Servers checked on and without custm settings.
                        IP6 ????

                        Can this help you to expain?

                        ##########################

                        Unbound Configuration

                        ##########################

                        Server configuration

                        server:

                        chroot: /var/unbound
                        username: "unbound"
                        directory: "/var/unbound"
                        pidfile: "/var/run/unbound.pid"
                        use-syslog: yes
                        port: 53
                        verbosity: 1
                        hide-identity: yes
                        hide-version: yes
                        harden-glue: yes
                        do-ip4: yes
                        do-ip6: yes
                        do-udp: yes
                        do-tcp: yes
                        do-daemonize: yes
                        module-config: "iterator"
                        unwanted-reply-threshold: 0
                        num-queries-per-thread: 4096
                        jostle-timeout: 200
                        infra-host-ttl: 900
                        infra-cache-numhosts: 10000
                        outgoing-num-tcp: 10
                        incoming-num-tcp: 10
                        edns-buffer-size: 512
                        cache-max-ttl: 86400
                        cache-min-ttl: 0
                        harden-dnssec-stripped: yes
                        msg-cache-size: 4m
                        rrset-cache-size: 8m

                        num-threads: 4
                        msg-cache-slabs: 4
                        rrset-cache-slabs: 4
                        infra-cache-slabs: 4
                        key-cache-slabs: 4
                        outgoing-range: 4096
                        #so-rcvbuf: 4m

                        prefetch: no
                        prefetch-key: no
                        use-caps-for-id: no
                        serve-expired: no
                        aggressive-nsec: no

                        Statistics

                        Unbound Statistics

                        statistics-interval: 0
                        extended-statistics: yes
                        statistics-cumulative: yes

                        TLS Configuration

                        tls-cert-bundle: "/etc/ssl/cert.pem"
                        tls-port: 853
                        tls-service-pem: "/var/unbound/sslcert.crt"
                        tls-service-key: "/var/unbound/sslcert.key"

                        Interface IP(s) to bind to

                        interface-automatic: no
                        interface: 0.0.0.0
                        interface: 0.0.0.0@853
                        interface: ::0
                        interface: ::0@853

                        Outgoing interfaces to be used

                        outgoing-interface: 178.116.127.35

                        DNS Rebinding

                        For DNS Rebinding prevention

                        private-address: 127.0.0.0/8
                        private-address: 10.0.0.0/8
                        private-address: ::ffff:a00:0/104
                        private-address: 172.16.0.0/12
                        private-address: ::ffff:ac10:0/108
                        private-address: 169.254.0.0/16
                        private-address: ::ffff:a9fe:0/112
                        private-address: 192.168.0.0/16
                        private-address: ::ffff:c0a8:0/112
                        private-address: fd00::/8
                        private-address: fe80::/10

                        Set private domains in case authoritative name server returns a Private IP address

                        Access lists

                        include: /var/unbound/access_lists.conf

                        Static host entries

                        include: /var/unbound/host_entries.conf

                        dhcp lease entries

                        include: /var/unbound/dhcpleases_entries.conf

                        Domain overrides

                        include: /var/unbound/domainoverrides.conf

                        Forwarding

                        forward-zone:
                        name: "."
                        forward-tls-upstream: yes
                        forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853#cloudflare-dns.com
                        forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853#cloudflare-dns.com
                        forward-addr: 2606:4700:4700::1111@853#cloudflare-dns.com
                        forward-addr: 2606:4700:4700::1001@853#cloudflare-dns.com

                        Unbound custom options

                        server:include: /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.*conf
                        server:
                        private-domain: "plex.direct"

                        Remote Control Config

                        include: /var/unbound/remotecontrol.conf

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @pietsnot56
                          last edited by johnpoz

                          @pietsnot56 said in Problem with DNS over TLS:

                          IP6 ????

                          Where are you putting in IPv6? I do see it in your output you posted.

                          And looks like you have stuff in there twice

                          forward-zone:
                          name: "."
                          forward-tls-upstream: yes
                          forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853#cloudfare-dns.com
                          forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853#cloudfare-dns.com
                          Unbound custom options
                          
                          server:
                          private-domain:"plex.direct"
                          server:include: /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.*conf
                          
                          3 ) by unchecking "use SSL/TLS for outgoing..."
                          Domain overrides
                          
                          include: /var/unbound/domainoverrides.conf
                          Forwarding
                          
                          forward-zone:
                          name: "."
                          forward-addr: 1.1.1.1
                          forward-addr: 1.0.0.1
                          

                          One would be with tls the other would not be.. You got something messed up that is for sure..

                          Your info might be easier to read if you used the code option for text so it in specific box vs just long running text..

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                            pietsnot56
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                            @johnpoz said in Problem with DNS over TLS:

                            code option for text

                            "code option for text"
                            how or where can you chose this option?

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                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @pietsnot56
                              last edited by

                              @pietsnot56

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                                pietsnot56
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                                 that's with custom settings on config file
                                
                                ##########################
                                # Unbound Configuration
                                ##########################
                                
                                ##
                                # Server configuration
                                ##
                                server:
                                
                                chroot: /var/unbound
                                username: "unbound"
                                directory: "/var/unbound"
                                pidfile: "/var/run/unbound.pid"
                                use-syslog: yes
                                port: 53
                                verbosity: 1
                                hide-identity: yes
                                hide-version: yes
                                harden-glue: yes
                                do-ip4: yes
                                do-ip6: yes
                                do-udp: yes
                                do-tcp: yes
                                do-daemonize: yes
                                module-config: "iterator"
                                unwanted-reply-threshold: 0
                                num-queries-per-thread: 4096
                                jostle-timeout: 200
                                infra-host-ttl: 900
                                infra-cache-numhosts: 10000
                                outgoing-num-tcp: 10
                                incoming-num-tcp: 10
                                edns-buffer-size: 512
                                cache-max-ttl: 86400
                                cache-min-ttl: 0
                                harden-dnssec-stripped: yes
                                msg-cache-size: 4m
                                rrset-cache-size: 8m
                                
                                num-threads: 4
                                msg-cache-slabs: 4
                                rrset-cache-slabs: 4
                                infra-cache-slabs: 4
                                key-cache-slabs: 4
                                outgoing-range: 4096
                                #so-rcvbuf: 4m
                                
                                prefetch: no
                                prefetch-key: no
                                use-caps-for-id: no
                                serve-expired: no
                                aggressive-nsec: no
                                # Statistics
                                # Unbound Statistics
                                statistics-interval: 0
                                extended-statistics: yes
                                statistics-cumulative: yes
                                
                                # TLS Configuration
                                tls-cert-bundle: "/etc/ssl/cert.pem"
                                
                                # Interface IP(s) to bind to
                                interface-automatic: yes
                                interface: 0.0.0.0
                                interface: ::0
                                
                                # Outgoing interfaces to be used
                                outgoing-interface: 178.116.127.35
                                
                                # DNS Rebinding
                                # For DNS Rebinding prevention
                                private-address: 127.0.0.0/8
                                private-address: 10.0.0.0/8
                                private-address: ::ffff:a00:0/104
                                private-address: 172.16.0.0/12
                                private-address: ::ffff:ac10:0/108
                                private-address: 169.254.0.0/16
                                private-address: ::ffff:a9fe:0/112
                                private-address: 192.168.0.0/16
                                private-address: ::ffff:c0a8:0/112
                                private-address: fd00::/8
                                private-address: fe80::/10
                                # Set private domains in case authoritative name server returns a Private IP address
                                
                                
                                
                                # Access lists
                                include: /var/unbound/access_lists.conf
                                
                                # Static host entries
                                include: /var/unbound/host_entries.conf
                                
                                # dhcp lease entries
                                include: /var/unbound/dhcpleases_entries.conf
                                
                                
                                
                                # Domain overrides
                                include: /var/unbound/domainoverrides.conf
                                # Forwarding
                                forward-zone:
                                	name: "."
                                	forward-tls-upstream: yes
                                	forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853#cloudfare-dns.com
                                	forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853#cloudfare-dns.com
                                
                                
                                # Unbound custom options
                                server:
                                private-domain:"plex.direct"
                                forward-zone:
                                name:"."
                                forward-ssl-upstream: yes
                                forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853
                                forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853
                                server:include: /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.*conf
                                
                                
                                ###
                                # Remote Control Config
                                ###
                                include: /var/unbound/remotecontrol.conf
                                

                                idem error file``

                                ##########################
                                # Unbound Configuration
                                ##########################
                                
                                ##
                                # Server configuration
                                ##
                                server:
                                
                                chroot: /var/unbound
                                username: "unbound"
                                directory: "/var/unbound"
                                pidfile: "/var/run/unbound.pid"
                                use-syslog: yes
                                port: 53
                                verbosity: 1
                                hide-identity: yes
                                hide-version: yes
                                harden-glue: yes
                                do-ip4: yes
                                do-ip6: yes
                                do-udp: yes
                                do-tcp: yes
                                do-daemonize: yes
                                module-config: "iterator"
                                unwanted-reply-threshold: 0
                                num-queries-per-thread: 4096
                                jostle-timeout: 200
                                infra-host-ttl: 900
                                infra-cache-numhosts: 10000
                                outgoing-num-tcp: 10
                                incoming-num-tcp: 10
                                edns-buffer-size: 512
                                cache-max-ttl: 86400
                                cache-min-ttl: 0
                                harden-dnssec-stripped: yes
                                msg-cache-size: 4m
                                rrset-cache-size: 8m
                                
                                num-threads: 4
                                msg-cache-slabs: 4
                                rrset-cache-slabs: 4
                                infra-cache-slabs: 4
                                key-cache-slabs: 4
                                outgoing-range: 4096
                                #so-rcvbuf: 4m
                                
                                prefetch: no
                                prefetch-key: no
                                use-caps-for-id: no
                                serve-expired: no
                                aggressive-nsec: no
                                # Statistics
                                # Unbound Statistics
                                statistics-interval: 0
                                extended-statistics: yes
                                statistics-cumulative: yes
                                
                                # TLS Configuration
                                tls-cert-bundle: "/etc/ssl/cert.pem"
                                tls-port: 853
                                tls-service-pem: "/var/unbound/sslcert.crt"
                                tls-service-key: "/var/unbound/sslcert.key"
                                
                                # Interface IP(s) to bind to
                                interface-automatic: no
                                interface: 0.0.0.0
                                interface: 0.0.0.0@853
                                interface: ::0
                                interface: ::0@853
                                
                                # Outgoing interfaces to be used
                                outgoing-interface: 178.116.127.35
                                
                                # DNS Rebinding
                                # For DNS Rebinding prevention
                                private-address: 127.0.0.0/8
                                private-address: 10.0.0.0/8
                                private-address: ::ffff:a00:0/104
                                private-address: 172.16.0.0/12
                                private-address: ::ffff:ac10:0/108
                                private-address: 169.254.0.0/16
                                private-address: ::ffff:a9fe:0/112
                                private-address: 192.168.0.0/16
                                private-address: ::ffff:c0a8:0/112
                                private-address: fd00::/8
                                private-address: fe80::/10
                                # Set private domains in case authoritative name server returns a Private IP address
                                
                                
                                
                                # Access lists
                                include: /var/unbound/access_lists.conf
                                
                                # Static host entries
                                include: /var/unbound/host_entries.conf
                                
                                # dhcp lease entries
                                include: /var/unbound/dhcpleases_entries.conf
                                
                                
                                
                                # Domain overrides
                                include: /var/unbound/domainoverrides.conf
                                # Forwarding
                                forward-zone:
                                	name: "."
                                	forward-tls-upstream: yes
                                	forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853#cloudflare-dns.com
                                	forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853#cloudflare-dns.com
                                	forward-addr: 2606:4700:4700::1111@853#cloudflare-dns.com
                                	forward-addr: 2606:4700:4700::1001@853#cloudflare-dns.com
                                
                                
                                # Unbound custom options
                                server:include: /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.*conf
                                server:
                                private-domain: "plex.direct"
                                
                                
                                ###
                                # Remote Control Config
                                ###
                                include: /var/unbound/remotecontrol.conf
                                
                                ```sometimes 
                                forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853#cloudfare-dns.com
                                with #cloudfare-dns.com at the end
                                
                                and in the custom settings :
                                forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853``
                                without #cloudfare-dns.com.
                                
                                can this help us to find the reason?
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                                  pietsnot56
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                                  Thanks everybody,
                                  I founded my error : a typo in the Dnsname!
                                  This case can be closed.

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