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Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by philliphaydon »

qzx_pierri wrote: post #30
philliphaydon wrote: post #29

Donno if this is a silly question or not. But if there anywhere to buy a raspberry + pi with pi-hole pre-configured on it? I've wanted one for a while but just wanna plug it in and go to the web console, not buy it set it up install it etc.

All you have to do is run a script from the pi-hole website to install. It’s very effortless. Like.. literally effortless. If you’re posting here, I guarantee you could do it in no time. The “hardest” part is excluding an IP for the pihole & setting your DHCP server to serve that IP w/ new leases. Good luck dude.

Haha ok. I Guess my Xmas present to myself this year is a raspberry pi and setting this up :)

Thanks!

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

#32

Post by asymmetric »

philliphaydon wrote: post #29

Donno if this is a silly question or not. But if there anywhere to buy a raspberry + pi with pi-hole pre-configured on it? I've wanted one for a while but just wanna plug it in and go to the web console, not buy it set it up install it etc.

I've found this[0].

[0]: https://uk.pi-supply.com/products/pi-hole-kit-network-wide-a...

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by close04 »

Havoc wrote: post #16

Not quite clear what they are replacing easylist with? Like I get depreciating stuff but this seems like it’s still very much in active use? No plan B/transition?

Easylist was meant to be an adblock browser extension list and as such it's not perfectly suitable for a DNS blocking solution [0].

> select filter lists for use in your browser provided that you are using a compatible ad blocker (tested with Adblock Plus, AdBlock and uBlock Origin).

The replacement is any other list of hosts available for PiHole.

[0] https://easylist.to/

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

#34

Post by jannes »

glaberficken wrote: post #24

Now what i really want is a universal gdpr-cookies-prompt killer. Does that exist?

Yes! Activate the "annoyances" lists in uBlock Origin. I believe many of them are off by default.

"AdGuard Annoyances" or "Fanboy's Annoyance List" and "Fanboy's Cookie List" should do the trick.

However, I recommend enabling "Ignore generic cosmetic filters" in order to not load giant stylesheets into every single page.

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

#35

Post by Mister_Snuggles »

The one thing that's holding me back on actually using Pi-Hole is the lack of flexibility. What I'd really like to see is the ability to do various things on a per-client basis.

For example, one commenter wanted a simple "reload without blocking" functionality and the response was to use a bookmarklet plus the Pi-Hole API to disable it temporarily. This works, but the problem is that it disables it temporarily for everyone and will inevitably result in "Hey, why's the ad blocker broken?" "Oh, sorry, that was me" conversations.

Likewise, I'd also like to be able to configure block lists on a per-client basis. I don't want any Facebook stuff (for example) to resolve from my devices, but my girlfriend wants to use Facebook.

Similarly, I may want different rules on different networks. For example, I may want to restrict what my IoT network can resolve differently than my regular user network. This is really just a generalization of doing things on a per-client basis.

Currently the only solution to these types of problems is to maintain multiple Pi-Hole installations. This isn't a big deal if it's just one or two, but it doesn't scale reasonably.

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by philliphaydon »

asymmetric wrote: post #32
philliphaydon wrote: post #29

Donno if this is a silly question or not. But if there anywhere to buy a raspberry + pi with pi-hole pre-configured on it? I've wanted one for a while but just wanna plug it in and go to the web console, not buy it set it up install it etc.

I've found this[0]. [0]: https://uk.pi-supply.com/products/pi-hole-kit-network-wide-a...

Oh this is great. Thanks!!

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

#37

Post by Mister_Snuggles »

rietta wrote: post #27

I have Pi Hole running on my LAN and it's amazing. Also helped me identify that my Amcrest PoE security cameras aggressively phone home, even when no cloud functionality is configured on them. All the reason to keep them on their own VLAN and off the Internet.

Separate VLANs is the right answer.

Phoning home is not an Amcrest-specific thing, all of my cameras (I have a handful of Amcrest and D-Link cameras, and one Reolink camera) try to do that. I've put them all in a separate VLAN which can't access anything, not even DNS. The NVR software lives on a different VLAN and is able to open connections to the cameras for recording.

This setup works perfectly. Most importantly, the cameras all work fine even if they can't phone home.

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

#38

Post by glaberficken »

jannes wrote: post #34
glaberficken wrote: post #24

Now what i really want is a universal gdpr-cookies-prompt killer. Does that exist?

Yes! Activate the "annoyances" lists in uBlock Origin. I believe many of them are off by default. "AdGuard Annoyances" or "Fanboy's Annoyance List" and "Fanboy's Cookie List" should do the trick. However, I recommend enabling "Ignore generic cosmetic filters" in order to not load giant stylesheets into every single page.

omg...thank you, this is like browsing a new internet =)!

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by Legogris »

y4mi wrote: post #5
donkeyd wrote: post #2

I can't find this anywhere, but does Pi-Hole have any sort of client side 'reload without blocking' functionality? If I were to implement this in my network and a user has issues with a page not loading/functioning correctly, I feel like they'd need my help to add the site to a white list, which would be pretty inconvenient.

It has an API. > You can craft a URL that disables pi-hole for X minutes, using the API. You hit the boomark and boom, pi-hole temporarily disabled. If you save it to your phone's home-screen, you've got an instant disable button.

What I'd really like is temporary whitelisting a single domain. Just because I need to use site X for a couple of minutes it doesn't mean I want the flood-gates open.

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by deathwarmedover »

donkeyd wrote: post #2

I can't find this anywhere, but does Pi-Hole have any sort of client side 'reload without blocking' functionality? If I were to implement this in my network and a user has issues with a page not loading/functioning correctly, I feel like they'd need my help to add the site to a white list, which would be pretty inconvenient.

You can do a timed disable (like a pause) from the Pi-hole UI: I've done 5-minute disables to eg. get through purchase check-out flows with tight coupling to trackers.
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