Safe Surfer provides you with a safer internet surfing experience. To achieve this, we use a technology called Domain Name System (DNS). 1. What’s DNS? 🔍 DNS works behind the scenes on your devices so that you can easily surf the internet without having to memorise the IP address. The DNS “translates” a URL to it’s IP address. Safe Surfer DNS servers carry out the following functions: Ensuring that your web browsing requests are following your filter settings.