Not high priority but maybe you could explain the different blocking methods on the settings page ?
Show HN: nextdns.io – A Combination of Cloudflare DNS and Pi-Hole
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Re: Show HN: nextdns.io – A Combination of Cloudflare DNS and Pi-Hole
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know how you can say that's easy with a straight face. You just mentioned at least 5 software projects and/or technologies that a large bulk of people have never heard of.
A self-host solution by its nature requires some investment in the techniques and would take greater effort (that's how most open source projects make money). Look, I'm not trying to sell my solution here. This is Hacker News, I'm simply share my setup and hope can help someone who's capable and willing to invest the time. I understand this is not for everyone, that's why I suggest nextdns.io as hosted solution in th…
> A self-host solution by its nature requires some investment in the techniques and would take greater effort (that's how most open source projects make money).
That sounds like a pretty good reason not to run your own solution then, so I guess we can meet there.
> Look, I'm not trying to sell my solution here.
Yes, you are.
Re: Show HN: nextdns.io – A Combination of Cloudflare DNS and Pi-Hole
#83Bypasses Turkish government blocks on Wikipedia etc, which I hadn't been able to figure out even with google/CF over HTTPS.
Awesome!
Re: Show HN: nextdns.io – A Combination of Cloudflare DNS and Pi-Hole
#84There is a very important use-case which you can do on a local network but can't with this: setting up a DHCP server and pushing a default DNS server address even to clients which network settings you don't have access to, is possible locally. Xbox, streaming devices, non-geek friends devices, etc. Pihole can do this and ohmygod it's life changing!
Re: Show HN: nextdns.io – A Combination of Cloudflare DNS and Pi-Hole
#85I suggest just to use pihole at home on a rpi device. Granting a new and small company may be orders of magnitude worse than giving info to the 'evil' unicorns. The big fishes are continuously monitored by a wide community and from the governments as well. I wouldn't give such a private information to anyone not proving that all my private data is treated as it deserves. The only way I can see this happening would be to have them release everything to the Foss community.
Re: Show HN: nextdns.io – A Combination of Cloudflare DNS and Pi-Hole
#86We've been working super hard on nextdns.io, a cloud-based private DNS service that gives you full control over what is allowed or blocked on your devices. Here is a few things you can do with it: - Block malicious websites, trackers, ads, and more by combining the most popular blocklists out there, all updated in real-time (100+ lists to choose from). - Set your own privacy requirements: you decide what type of logs…
Do you support time-based blocking? Aka no reddit during working hours?
Re: Show HN: nextdns.io – A Combination of Cloudflare DNS and Pi-Hole
#87I was going to implement pi-hole for a non-profit organization I may use this instead.
Re: Show HN: nextdns.io – A Combination of Cloudflare DNS and Pi-Hole
#88Sounds interesting but what benefits does this solution have over just blacklisting via /etc/hosts?
Re: Show HN: nextdns.io – A Combination of Cloudflare DNS and Pi-Hole
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wouldn't know if 500k is a little or a lot.
According to my nextdns analytics from the last few weeks my house has peaked at around 28,000 queries a day, 331k so far this month. Nextdns is blocking somewhere in the region of 400-600 queries each day, mostly things like Google Analytics, Apple iAd.
5 people household here with 15 devices (iPhones, iPads, PS4, Raspis & Chromecasts) DNS via PiHole:
138,473 queries over the last 30 days
31,928 queries blocked (23%)
Hope this helps.
Re: Show HN: nextdns.io – A Combination of Cloudflare DNS and Pi-Hole
#90There is a very important use-case which you can do on a local network but can't with this: setting up a DHCP server and pushing a default DNS server address even to clients which network settings you don't have access to, is possible locally. Xbox, streaming devices, non-geek friends devices, etc. Pihole can do this and ohmygod it's life changing!
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