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Dismail.de Secure DNS: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Dismail.de Secure DNS is a free DNS resolver with filtering of advertising, tracking and malware domains. It runs two resolvers (fdns1 and fdns2) that offer DNS over TLS on port 853 and DNS over HTTPS at the /dns-query path; the website also lists SPKI pins and configuration profiles for iOS 14 and later. The filter is built from public blocklists, including StevenBlack, Disconnect, EasyList/EasyPrivacy and OISD. According to the operator, the resolver works without user logging and does not redirect mistyped domain names for marketing.

The service is run by an individual operator, Stefan Sieg, in Münster, Germany, and therefore falls under German and European law. The servers run on Hetzner Online infrastructure, on OpenBSD or FreeBSD with full disk encryption. There is no non-European parent company. The service's source code is not published as open source. Because this is a personal project funded by donations, it suits individuals and small organisations looking for a European filtering resolver, and less so situations that require contractual guarantees.

Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 6, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
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Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Dismail.de Secure DNS

The European alternatives to Dismail.de Secure DNS come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Dismail.de Secure DNS

Dismail.de Secure DNS is headquartered in DE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Dismail.de Secure DNS scores best on data residency.

Dismail.de Secure DNS is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Dismail.de Secure DNS together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Dismail.de Secure DNS?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Dismail.de Secure DNS include AdGuard DNS, AdGuard Home and Blocky. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Dismail.de Secure DNS?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Dismail.de Secure DNS include AdGuard Home and Blocky. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Dismail.de Secure DNS GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Dismail.de Secure DNS is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Dismail.de Secure DNS an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

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