Installation guides
Installation and configuration
Allow/Denylists And Named Lists
"Named Lists" is the feature for Education, Hotspot, Office, and Enterprise billing plans. This f...
General Setup via OpenVPN
Some devices are not yet supported by the SafeDNS Agent or cannot have it installed for various r...
Schedule Setup
Unlike other content filtering systems that use simple schedules with complete blocking of intern...
Block Page Setup
The block page is displayed when a user is trying to access a website blocked by the filtering ru...
NAT DNS Setup
This feature is not available for the Safe@Home plan. Network Address Translation or NAT is fr...
Top-level Domains Blocking
If you want to block any top-level domain, just add it without a leading dot to your Denylist. F...
DSL/Wi-Fi routers
Router Setup
The first step is the same for both Static and Dynamic IP address configurations: change your rou...
Router Setup (IPv6)
The first step is the same for both Static and Dynamic IP address configurations: change your rou...
Keenetic Router Setup
SafeDNS service in Keenetic routers is implemented as an operating system component. You can add ...
Unifi/Ubiquiti Router Setup
How to set up SafeDNS on the Unifi – Ubiquiti environment.Start the Unifi Controller Application ...
Verizon Router Setup
The first step is to locate the network configuration on your router and set the SafeDNS server- ...
Mikrotik Router Setup
The first step is the same for both Static and Dynamic IP address configurations: change your rou...
OpenWRT Router Setup
If you have static IP or use a DynDNS service you can set up SafeDNS on your OpenWRT router just ...
DD-WRT Router Setup
If you have static IP or use a DynDNS service, you can set up SafeDNS on your DD-WRT router just ...
Huawei iMaster NCE Campus Setup
Prerequisites Sign up for a Reseller account by contacting the SafeDNS Sales team (sales@saf...
Multi-policy filtering on OpenWRT
Windows OS
SafeDNS Agent for Windows Setup
Video tutorial #1: SafeDNS Agent Installation Video tutorial #2: SafeDNS Agent Setting...
SafeDNS Agent for Windows Setup (beta)
What is Agent created for The Agent software is designed to automatically launch and manage th...
Windows Filtering Setup via OpenVPN
Please note, that this filtering option works via the third-party app OpenVPN. If you encounter a...
Windows 11 DNS Setup
Step-by-step guide 1. From the Taskbar panel, right-click on the Wi-Fi (or LAN) icon and select ...
Windows 10 DNS Setup
Video tutorial Watch this video tutorial to learn how to deploy SafeDNS on a Windows-based PC wi...
Windows 7 DNS Setup
Step-by-step guide 1. From the Taskbar pane, right-click on the Wi-Fi (or LAN) icon and select O...
Mac OS
SafeDNS Agent for macOS Setup
Installation requirements: macOS 12 (Monterey) or higher. Getting started Log in to your Sa...
Mac Filtering Setup via OpenVPN
Please note, that this filtering option works via the third-party app OpenVPN.If you encounter an...
Mac DNS Setup
1. Navigate to the Mac OS "System Preferences". 2. Click on the "Network" in the "Internet &...
Linux OS
SafeDNS Agent for Linux Setup
Installation requirements: Debian 9, Ubuntu 18–22, PopOS, CentOS 7.Requires the following billing...
Linux Filtering Setup via OpenVPN
Please note, that this filtering option works via the third-party app OpenVPN.If you encounter an...
Linux DNS Setup
The first step is the same for both Static and Dynamic IP address configurations: change your sys...
Mobile & tablet
SafeDNS App for Android Setup
SafeDNS Agent is an application that allows you to use SafeDNS filtering on mobile devices runnin...
Android DNS Setup
Please note, that the Android user interface varies depending on the device model. 1. Open the "...
Mobile Devices Filtering Setup
Please note, that this filtering option works via the third-party app OpenVPN.If you encounter an...
Network Analyzer Guide
This guide shows how to troubleshoot the internet issues on iOS and Android devices using Network...
Advanced
How To Check The Filtering Status
Since our filter is DNS-based, the best way to check the filtering is the nslookup command. Here ...
How to Clear DNS Cache
DNS cache refers to the temporary storage of information about previous DNS lookups on a router, ...
How to troubleshoot access to domains using Network Tools
This guide shows how to troubleshoot the issue when a domain is loading partially or some addit...
How to check domain category
You can always check your domain category here.
Agent Unattended Installation
New Agent, versions 1.4.1+ (Windows only) Installation To initialize the unattended installatio...
SafeDNS and Active Directory
This guide explains how to set up the SafeDNS service in the Active Directory environment both wi...
Web Filtering Bypass Prevention
Common recommendations: Block the Proxies & Anonymizers category. Block the Firefox/Chrome Se...
DD Client Setup
This guide explains how to install ddclient software in the case when you have a Dynamic IP addre...
DNS-over-TLS Setup
The goal of the DNS-over-TLS protocol is to increase user privacy and security by preventing eave...
SafeDNS Root Certificate For HTTPS Pages
About the certificate Root certificate or SSL certificate is the main part of the website securi...
More
SafeDNS Global Anycast Network
SafeDNS Global Anycast Network consists of servers located throughout the world to ensure a fast ...
List of SafeDNS Categories
ID Category Description 3 Malware Sites spreading malware 4 Phishing & T...
List of AppBlocker apps
Category Description CyberSecurity Shodan Search engine that lets...
Wireshark Guide
This guide shows how to troubleshoot the issues when an application or a domain, and Stats ...
DNSQuerySniffer Guide
This guide shows how to troubleshoot the issues when an application or a domain, and Stats are no...