# local-DNS

> resolve short onion readable links to long onion links. For example: duckduckgo.on -\> duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onion

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/local-dns](https://chrome-stats.com/d/local-dns)

## Overview

- **ID:** `local-dns`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Play\_it
- **Category:** privacy-security,search-tools,tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.2
- **Last updated:** 2023-06-27
- **First published:** 2023-06-26
- **Size:** 14 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/local-dns/)
- **Website:** [https://ext.play-it.net/local-DNS](https://ext.play-it.net/local-DNS)

## Description

local-DNS is a Firefox add-on that allows you to manage and create short onion links, resolving them to their corresponding long onion links. Never struggle with bookmarking or verifying the correctness of long onion domains again. This open-source extension simplifies the process and ensures accurate redirections.

## Rankings

- #111,968 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/local-dns)