Register No. 078
Is RESTENA European?
Yes. RESTENA is under verified European control.
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- Controlled by
- Fondation RESTENA, Luxembourg's research and education network foundation
- Control sits in
- Luxembourg
- Seat
Luxembourg- Last checked
About RESTENA
The restena DNS resolver is a public DNS service of the Restena Foundation in Luxembourg. It supports encrypted queries through DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS, so lookups are not sent across the network in the clear.
Evidence 2
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Product
restena
restena.lu ↗Public DNS resolver from Luxembourg
Being run by a Luxembourg foundation rather than a commercial company makes it a European alternative to the public resolvers of large American providers. It suits people who want encrypted DNS from a public interest operator on a laptop, a phone or a home router.
- Instead of
- 1.1.1.1, Google Public DNS and OpenDNS
- Suits
- People who want encrypted DNS from a public body
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Operations
Who runs the parts of the service we could observe from outside, checked 4 September 2026. A provider's control can differ from where its servers stand.
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