Your DNS queries are meant to be routed to the geographically closest server, although peering and routing between Internet providers might affect this.
Anycasted service: Multiple Mullvad servers in different locations are configured to provide the same DNS service.QNAME minimization: This enables our DNS servers to resolve your queries while giving it as little information as possible about the queries to other DNS servers involved in the resolving process.Content blocking: We provide basic content blocking options to block ads, trackers, malware, adult content, gambling and social media.This service provides encrypted DNS queries with the following features: You can use this privacy-enhancing service even if you are not a Mullvad customer. When you are already connected to our VPN service the security benefits of using encrypted DNS is negligible and it will always be slower than using the DNS resolver on the VPN server that you are connected to. This service is primarily meant to be used when you are disconnected from our VPN service, or on devices where it's not possible or desirable to connect to the VPN. This protects your DNS queries from being snooped on by third parties when not connected to our VPN service as your DNS queries are encrypted between your device and our DNS server. Our encrypted public DNS service uses DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and DNS over TLS (DoT).