One unadvertised advantage of pihole is monitoring and blocking sites that you don't want kids to use, such as the thousands of io-games and what not.
Pi-Hole 4.3.2
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Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2
#92One unadvertised advantage of pihole is monitoring and blocking sites that you don't want kids to use, such as the thousands of io-games and what not.
We use it to block phone-home sites that devices like "smart" TVs use to send data back for the manufacturer to profit off.
Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2
#93Donno 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.
I would specify that piping from curl to bash is literally effortless :) whether or not that's the best installation practice is another question
Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because it’s available everywhere e.g. work/family/friends etc. and I can share it with family/friends as well. It’s a lot of fun to see people’s reactions when they see what the net can be like without all of the ads.
I run mine at home but have opened it up to be accessible remotely (just port 53 remotely) so I can use it whilst out and about.
Please do not open port 53. Without proper counter-measures, open resolvers contribute to DNS Amplification attacks. If you have an open resolver, I guarantee that it is being used maliciously. Please close your port 53 and use a VPN to securely access your pihole.
DNS Amplification Attacks: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-088A
Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2
#95The 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 ev…
I have been testing nextdns[0]. Works great on per device granularity...
[0]nextdns.io
Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2
#96The 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 ev…
Pihole is just a GUI on top of dnsmasq, they're not doing anything fancy, apart maybe for the extra statistics. These are some interesting ideas for improvement, I'd also be interested in something with more flexibility, but I'm not sure if there's an alternative at the moment.
There are still a few possibilities for how it could work— first would be running multiple instances of dnsmasq and then putting a reverse proxy in front of them that would direct the traffic based on who's asking.
Another would be switching to a purpose-built DNS resolver/cache that had this capability.
Finally, you could have per-client DNS IPs, but this would require the cooperation of the DHCP server, which is less typical on a home network where that's often a closed-source router. But a "super pi-hole" following this pattern could also potentially be the DHCP server. (Yes, raspberry pi can run OpenWRT: https://openwrt.org/toh/raspberry_pi_foundation/raspberry_pi)
Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2
#97The 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 ev…
I have 2 Pi-Holes running. One is the “family” one and our modem/router uses it as primary DNS so basically everything on our network goes through it. This protects the family and any visitors in the wifi. The other is for me, and my personal devices have been manually set to use it as their DNS. It filters a lot more aggressively as I am more willing to put up with broken stuff for more privacy (eg completely blocki…
I have almost the same setup but I forward my requests from mine to the family one. If I disable mine I still go through the generic one which is supplied through DHCP.
Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2
#98Not 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?
If you are looking for more blocklists, I maintain several. I recommend my 'Ads & Tracking' list for most people. I also have an aggressive list - which I don't normally recommend. I also have a Google AMP list and a Facebook products list (not just facebook - but their other products as well). Anyways, you are welcome to check it out and give me any feedback you have:
Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2
#99The 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 ev…
You can spin up multiple PiHole containers.
Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2
#100Is this substantially better than using ublock origin? I feel like my browsing experience is pretty good right now, and I'm uncertain what the benefits to upgrading are.