How to Block ECH and Mitigate DoH in Enterprise Networks
Background Public DNS services like Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) and Google (8.8.8.8) have increasingly been abused as C2 channels for malware. Technologies such as DoH (DNS over HTTPS) and ECH (Encrypted Client Hello) encrypt DNS traffic and SNI fields, making it difficult for security solutions to detect and inspect network activity. Note: ESNI (Encrypted SNI) is deprecated and has been replaced by ECH as the current standard. This guide focuses on ECH only. ...