[johncolanduoni]

Since these are root queries, wouldn’t your DNS server need to hit the root servers to ensure the TLDs don’t exist? Also your own DNS won’t be detected as DNS interception unless you replace NXDOMAINs with fake responses.

[1vuio0pswjnm7]

If I am using a localhost cache I serve my own custom copy of root.zone. Currently I am not using a cache; I have split DNS with several authoritative servers and I pre-fetch DNS data in bulk from DOT/DOH servers.

If I serve fake responses does that turn off searching via the address bar?

Why doesn't Chromium just have a setting that allows a user to turn off the incessant queries for nonexistant names.