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josh_bodner
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Aug 26, 2020

Dev channel update to 86.0.615.3 is live

Hello Insiders!  Today we’re releasing build 86.0.615.3 to the Dev channel.  We also posted an article last week about an upcoming feature that will give you more control over copying and pasting:  h...
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eddiezato
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Don't see any settings to enable secure DNS.

 

Something broken with search in address bar. If you change search engine then you can't open 'about:flags', for example. It will open search page with words 'about' and 'flags'.

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dung_h2
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Aug 27, 2020

eddiezato same here. I do not see setting for using a secure DNS :unamused:

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    yesthatkarim
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    Aug 27, 2020

    dung_h2 the way everyone refers to this can be confusing :smile: but it's under "Flags," not "Settings."

     

    • In the address bar, type edge://flags
    • type "DNS" in the search field to display only the flags with "DNS" in the name
    • find "Secure DNS lookups" and change it to "Enabled."
    • click the Restart button at the bottom of the window to restart Edge.

     

    unfortunately, I'm not sure if that actually works... :facepalm:  Firefox is showing that it uses DNS over HTTPS when I test it with sites such as https://1.1.1.1/help or https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/encrypted-sni/.  Edge still doesn't...

     

    I tried adding the EnableAutoDoh key to the Registry and rebooting, but that didn't help. 

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    josh_bodner
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    Aug 28, 2020

    dung_h2 sorry, this actually is a setting in Settings... it's just missing due to a different bug that I wasn't aware of until today.  We've been working on re-arranging Settings to add a specific Security section (look in Canary for what it's supposed to be), but this build had an unfortunate conflict between that and the work to add the DNS setting.  It should be in the next Dev release.  

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