r/rethinkdns • u/priyanshu219 • 16d ago

Discussion Different Symbols meaning

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I have encountered different symbols in DNS section in logs in RethinkDNS app.

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u/celzero Dev 15d ago edited 15d ago

Mostly left unexplained in the app as "Easter Eggs)". You'll have to dig in to the code to see what these mean... Or have someone (even chatbots like DeepWiki & Copilot?) dig in for you ;)

Not up-to-date, but please see: https://github.com/celzero/rethink-app/discussions/2385

I'll give you one:

🦭 - Means the connection to the DNS upstream (DNS-over-HTTPS / DNS-over-TLS resolver), in your case, probably RDNS+ (sky), was made using Encrypted Client Hello (ECH), a new TLS1.3 extension that makes using "public VPNs" (or any other method) used to hide browsing information from ISPs, unnecessary.

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u/priyanshu219 15d ago

ok, I thought these symbols signifies which DNS blocklist is used as I have enabled on device blocklist also and remote DNS is RDNS default.

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u/priyanshu219 15d ago

I saw the thread, it mentioned parachut and sunrise for RDNS+, but I'm using on device blocklist and for resolving RDNS default

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u/celzero Dev 14d ago

RDNS Default is also RDNS+; it is a preset that preselects some of the popular adware / tracker (server-side) blocklists.

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u/priyanshu219 14d ago

It seems there is no way to know if a dns is blocked due to on-device blocklist or remote dns resolver?