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Post by Alifatisk »

onlyspaceghost wrote: post #67
Alifatisk wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? Because what I got out from the article was a table that did a comparison then the rest of the was focused towards AdGuard. But I found a thread on r/selfhosted that was more about comparing these two.

I apologise that it wasn't as clear as it could've been! What I was trying to get at is that for my requirements Pi-hole simply can't do it all without faff (DoH being the main one).

Nooo, please do not apologize, your article was excellent and entertaining. I think it fulfilled its goal with what you were trying to convey!

Re: Self-Hosting DNS

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Post by tmottabr »

sulandor wrote: post #64
tmottabr wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't know what shared truth you are referring too.. truth is totally relative... I have stuff that i can only access inside my home network, so here the truth is one.. Out in the internet those same addresses do not exist, so out there the truth is another.. This is also the same for most, if not all, enterprises, there is always stuff that can only be accessed either on the internal network or via VPN.. There are a…

> But then the problem is how it was implemented not the dns blocking or redirecting functionalities on themselves.. redirection and managing your horizons aside, my objection lies with the use for content blocking, because it is the wrong tool for the job. cheers

No, it is not the wrong tool for the job..

It is one tool that is available in our toolbox that we might use or not.. and it is one perfectly valid way of doing it.. It might not fit all workflows or all use cases but that does not make it bad or wrong..

Also, not every endpoint can have ad blocking done locally and having it at the DNS level is a great alternative for those cases..

I honestly use both, all my browsers have local ad blockers to prevent the DNS query from being done in the first place, yet i still have DNS level ad blocker to cover other devices, like TVs for example that now are filled with ads and do not have a method for blocking ads locally..

Also solutions like AdGuard do much more then just ad blocking, like i already mentioned about google safe search, you could just disable the ad blocker and it would still be a great tool to have and i personally consider a must have when you have young kids starting to use the web.

You are within your right to not like this type of solution and are free to not use it in your networks, but stop making BS claims that is the wrong tool for the job or that it is the wrong way of doing it..

What i like most about ad guard home is that almost all configurations can be customized per device.. So if you have some workflow or some device where dns blocking is causing problems you can just disable for that device and still have it for the other devices that need it..

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