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poitrus

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About poitrus

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/op; my proof: https://keybase.io/op/sigs/RPjiPOlRjN0MOfIMaX5afbPqhskvQqwiBdX7O8QglIo ]

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    This is a weak argument as pi-hole needs to go to a resolver or perform recursion itself which will give you the same latency or worse. The 1ms latency will only apply to already c…

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    NextDNS will soon have a solution to auto-follow tracking links and allow some blocked domains temporarily from the blockpage. Just make sure you install the root CA on all devices…

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    Comment #23140467

    Where do you think pi-hole sends your DNS queries?

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    Comment #22732670

    There is absolutely no affiliation between Netflix and NextDNS.

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    Comment #22732651

    Your cache would work the same with NextDNS. I'm not sure to see your point.

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    It's convenient to have stdout only returning the body so you can work with it without having to remove the header. With curl, if you pass the -v, you get headers on stderr too. Wh…

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    I get that sometimes too. It should be fixable without having to send headers to stdout.

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    Author here: the main driver for writing curlie was not about the slowness of httpie but about all the features I was missing from curl. As curlie is just a wrapper on top of curl,…

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    Comment #21651232

    NextDNS blocks those trackers, see: https://medium.com/nextdns/nextdns-added-cname-uncloaking-su...

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    Comment #21622373

    Source? A records are blockable the same way, it wouldn’t buy them anything here.

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    Comment #21622328

    With ACME enabled CAs like letsencrypt, having a domain pointing to an IP you control is all you need to obtain a valid certificate.

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    Comment #21618872

    With fingerprinting.

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    Comment #21617357

    Javascript executed from site's own scripts does not give more or less rights to access first party cookies than Javascript executed from an externally loaded URL. Any Javascript e…

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    Comment #21617265

    Oh sorry. We have developed a custom DNS solution that sites in front of unbound. We only use unbound for standard recursion and caching, all custom configuration management is ope…

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    Comment #21617092

    1. Check https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns 2. JS can’t set a custom resolver, I don’t think DoH can help with that. If yes, source please

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    Comment #21616643

    They might yes, but it is orders of magnitude harder to setup and maintain than this, and as a website owner, you have to put even more trust in your ad serving solution than today…

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    Comment #21616605

    Check this article, pi-hole can’t block this yet: https://medium.com/nextdns/nextdns-added-cname-uncloaking-su...

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    Comment #21616600

    More info on NextDNS solution to this problem here: https://medium.com/nextdns/nextdns-added-cname-uncloaking-su...

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    Comment #21546133

    Some reasons can be: easier to setup, can be used on devices when on the go, get encryption by default with DoH. Most routers are not powerful enough to efficiently run blocklists …