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# NEDNSSettings

The DNS resolver settings of a network tunnel or a system-wide configuration.

```
class NEDNSSettings
```

## Topics

### Initializing DNS settings

[`-  initWithServers:`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEDNSSettings/init(servers:))

Initialize the `NEDNSSetting` object.

### Accessing DNS properties

[`servers`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEDNSSettings/servers)

The DNS server IP addresses.

[`searchDomains`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEDNSSettings/searchDomains)

A list of domain strings used to fully qualify single-label host names.

[`domainName`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEDNSSettings/domainName)

The primary domain of the tunnel.

[`matchDomains`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEDNSSettings/matchDomains)

A list of domain strings used to determine which DNS queries will use the DNS resolver settings contained in this object.

[`matchDomainsNoSearch`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEDNSSettings/matchDomainsNoSearch)

A Boolean that specifies if the domains in the `matchDomains` list should not be appended to the resolver’s list of search domains.

[`dnsProtocol`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEDNSSettings/dnsProtocol)

The DNS protocol used by the server, such as HTTPS or TLS.

[`NEDNSProtocol`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEDNSProtocol)

## See Also

[`NEDNSOverHTTPSSettings`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEDNSOverHTTPSSettings)

The DNS resolver settings for a DNS-over-HTTPS server.

[`NEDNSOverTLSSettings`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEDNSOverTLSSettings)

The DNS resolver settings for a DNS-over-TLS server.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

[`NSSecureCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSSecureCoding)

[`NSCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCoding)

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

### Inherited By

[`NEDNSOverHTTPSSettings`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEDNSOverHTTPSSettings)

[`NEDNSOverTLSSettings`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEDNSOverTLSSettings)

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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