Switch firefox to use a different DNS than what is in the windows.host file

Question

For example, I have a development site on a different server but I\'m trying to copy content over from the live site so it\'d be handy to have the live site in IE and the dev si

Answer 1

It's now possible, with the DNS over HTTPS function:

Open Options, General, scroll to very bottom and open Network Settings,

On the very bottom, you can find DNS over HTTPS:

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You had to use about:config before to change this setting, here's for documentation:

Type about:config in firefox address bar.

search for: network.trr.uri

You can use one of the DNS servers below:

Cloudflare: https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query
Google: https://dns.google/dns-query
Secure DNS EU: https://doh.securedns.eu/dns-query
Quad 9: https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query

And set network.trr.mode to 1

Hijacked from here: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/02/configure-dns-over-https-in-firefox/