Introducing Amazon Route 53 Global Resolver for secure anycast DNS resolution (preview)

Today, we’re announcing Amazon Route 53 Global Resolver, a new Amazon Route 53 service that provides secure and reliable DNS resolution globally for queries from anywhere (preview). You can use Global Resolver to resolve DNS queries to public domains on the internet and private domains associated with Route 53 private hosted zones. Route 53 Global Resolver offers network administrators a unified solution to resolve queries from authenticated clients and sources in on-premises data centers, branch offices, and remote locations through globally distributed anycast IP addresses. This service includes built-in security controls including DNS traffic filtering, support for encrypted queries, and centralized logging to help organizations reduce operational overhead while maintaining compliance with security requirements.

Organizations with hybrid deployments face operational complexity when managing DNS resolution across distributed environments. Resolving public internet domains and private application domains often requires maintaining split DNS infrastructure, which increases cost and administrative burden especially ...