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What's New in Control D

What's New in Control D

Over the last couple of months, the team at Control D have hunkered down in the DNS Den to work on a refactor of our systems and some significant changes to the web panel, which together make up the v1.3.0 of the product. We’ve affectionately codenamed the
17 Jan 2023 5 min read
DoT Implementation Solution
Technical

DoT Implementation Solution

We were recently faced with an interesting corner case implementation issue after an Asuswrt-merlin update. Here's how we fixed it.
09 Jan 2023 2 min read
Pikaman works dilligently at his computer, while Pikagirl uses Control D to stop a surprised Zuckerberg from getting in
Use Cases

Managing Your Focus With Control D DNS

It's hard to be productive with all the distractions from social media and more these days, but with our DNS service you can take back Control.
16 Dec 2022 4 min read
How To: Set Up Control D On Google Chrome
Technical

How To: Set Up Control D On Google Chrome

You've chosen the best custom DNS service out there - here's how to set it up on what is, arguably, the internet's favourite browser: Google Chrome.
12 Dec 2022 3 min read
DNS Analytics: How to Take Control of Your DNS Queries
Announcements Featured

DNS Analytics: How to Take Control of Your DNS Queries

We're incredibly proud of the work that has gone into our Analytics feature, and we think that it's a powerful tool for our users to take more control of their internet experience.
06 Dec 2022 6 min read
How Much Control Do You Need From Your DNS Service?
Featured

How Much Control Do You Need From Your DNS Service?

DNS is essential to the efficient functioning of the World Wide Web as we know it. Much like the phone books of old, it ensures that all the vital parts of the web are able to find each other and work in sync.
31 Oct 2022 5 min read
Now Everyone's a Hackerman: Network Simulations made Easy with Control D
Technical Featured

Now Everyone's a Hackerman: Network Simulations made Easy with Control D

I spent hours working on it before the proverbial “Eureka!” moment hit me, and I realized that I could use Control D to solve my problems in a much more straightforward way.
18 Oct 2022 6 min read
Back to School with Control D
Use Cases Featured

Back to School with Control D

Control D is a DNS service that helps improve your privacy and productivity by letting you manage your internet traffic - all without installing a single piece of software.
29 Sep 2022 3 min read
The Default Rule
Technical Featured

The Default Rule

This nifty little toggle lets you modify the general behavior of Control D, letting you block, bypass, or redirect traffic.
07 Sep 2022 4 min read
Parental Control D
Use Cases Featured

Parental Control D

We're not here to say that today's parents have it harder than any before, but they've definitely got it tough.
29 Aug 2022 7 min read
Announcements Featured

No limits, 3rd Party Filters, disable button, and more

As some of you know, we recently conducted a survey to learn more from those who use (and used to use) Control D. Safe to say, we've learned quite a bit and we're taking your feedback to heart. The following will describe what we changed or
05 Aug 2022 4 min read
Announcements Featured

UI Overhaul + New Features

Been a while since our last update, but we've been busy beavers working on things, so didn't get a chance to do an update. The time for that has come. Major update of Control D has been released, and it brings a ton of new things.
13 Jun 2022 3 min read
Announcements

New site, new upcoming features

It's been a while since the last blog update, but this is not because we were sitting around doing nothing for months, ohh no. We've been busy beavers (we're from Canada after all) and you may have noticed some new things last week. New
16 Mar 2022 1 min read
Announcements Featured

Multi-Profile Support and Other Improvements

You may have noticed that we didn't do a September progress update. This isn't because we're lazy, we've just been busy putting the finishing touches on a major ControlD update. The update is available now and has a whole lotta added features.
14 Oct 2021 6 min read
Announcements

Beta Updates - August 2021

Here are some of the things we worked on in the past few weeks, and what's coming in the near future. IPv6 Support This has been fully rolled out to all datacenters except Sydney and Chennai, where the work still continues. We're doing the finishing touches
17 Aug 2021 1 min read
Announcements

Beta Updates - July 2021

Most of the work in the last month has been related to IPv6 deployment and multi-profile support, the work on both aspects continues and we hope to begin rolling these things out in the coming weeks. Here are some things we actually deployed in the last 4 weeks. Network Page
08 Jul 2021 2 min read
Announcements

Beta Updates - June 2021

Another month has passed since our Open Beta launch. We've spoken to hundreds of people and collected a lot of useful feedback that will directly impact the improvements to the service. Here are some of the things we've done last month, and what we have in
07 Jun 2021 2 min read
Announcements

Beta Updates - May 2021

It has been almost 2 weeks since the Open Beta started, and we've made a lot of progress fixing bugs and adding new functionality that was requested. Here are some new things that were added to ControlD. New Server Locations New points of presence were added in Dubai
04 May 2021 3 min read

Open Beta

After almost 5 months of closed beta we're excited to announce that we're entering Open Beta. That's a fancy term for allowing everyone to use ControlD, without being invited to do so. During this period, you can request a free 30 day trial during
20 Apr 2021 1 min read
Announcements

Beta Updates

CONTROLD beta has been live for just over 4 weeks at this point, and we've invited several hundred people to give it a shot. The feedback so far has been extremely useful. We've fixed a ton of issues and laid groundwork for new features. Some major
28 Jan 2021
Announcements

Hello World

Welcome to the CONTROLD Wisdom Base. This site will be used to serve 2 purposes: Company blog and tutorials.
24 Jan 2021
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