SNI and ESNI

Prelude I have a DNS resolver setup at home which my home devices use and set it to use DNS over TLS (DoT) to resolve queries so ISPs and such can’t see the domains I’m visiting, but SNI is leaking out the sites I’m visiting and there’s nothing much I can do about it for now. 😣 What is the Purpose of SNI Problem Name-based virtual hosting allows multiple DNS hostnames to be hosted by a single server (usually a web server) on the same IP address....

July 20, 2019 · 3 min · David