dns-adblock VS Pi-hole

Mullvad already has a built-in customizable DNS blocker https://github.com/mullvad/dns-adblock, that way only Mullvad fully sees your traffic, including third-party DNS in the mix just add another entity to get your traffic (even with encrypted DNS, they still see the domain you visit through SNI), and except for systems like AhaDNS Blitz or RethinkDNS, each config is linked to a specific account which means they know your DNS traffic regardless of your IP. Yes, some of them pinky swear they don't log, but why add extra risk?

Well, simple, the lists are here: https://github.com/mullvad/dns-adblock/tree/main/lists/doh/adblock

Mullvad's VPN also includes their DNS service which has ad and tracker blocking. The blocklists they use are available here.

Mozilla VPN and Mulvad do that with their custom DNS.

Just put FreshTomato on a router and I'm looking for help to continue using Mullvad's ad/tracker/malware blocking DNS when I'm not connected over the VPN. I found some guides using Stubby and DNSMasq, but they did not fit my specific need to use no DNS other than Mullvads. (If it doesn't work it'll act as a kill switch.)

Yeah I agree about advantages of NextDNS. These are Mullvad's lists, btw. https://github.com/mullvad/dns-adblock/find/main

Si te preguntas, ¿por qué no usar Adguard o Pihole? 🤔

This is an overreaction, almost to the point of absurdity.

Risks inherent to pipe installers are well understood by many. Using your logic, we should abandon Homebrew [1] (>38k stars on GitHub), PiHole [2] (>46k stars on GitHub), Chef [3], RVM [4], and countless other open source projects that use one-step automated installers (by piping to bash).

A more reasonable response would be to coordinate with the developers to update the docs to provide alternative installation methods, rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

[1] https://brew.sh/

[2] https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole

[3] https://docs.chef.io/chef_install_script/#run-the-install-sc...

[4] https://rvm.io/rvm/install

Pi-hole to block ads and tracking for my less technically savvy relatives

https://pi-hole.net/

I ran a competing project[0] on my home network for a few years before I discovered NextDNS[1]. What I lost in performance (requests don't leave my house) I gained in portability: ALL my devices can take advantage – at home and away – and time-saved. PiHole works 90% of the time, but when it did stop working, I'd have to spend a bit of time fixing it. At $20/year, I simply couldn't compete with NextDNS.

Note: This isn't a shill for NextDNS; I love these kinds of projects and think they absolutely should exist, but NextDNS just happens to be one of those dead-simple SaaS tools that is an insanely good value.

0 - https://pi-hole.net/

1 - https://nextdns.io

It definitely IS an option, but at the network level.

https://pi-hole.net/

It runs on damn near everything, and is a DNS level adblocker for the whole network.

I recently switched to Wipr [0]. It’s dead simple to use, and will auto update its filter lists in the background.

Adguard [1] is a decent free option.

I also use a Pi-hole [2] on my network.

[0] https://kaylees.site/wipr.html

[1] https://adguard.com/en/adguard-safari/overview.html

[2] https://pi-hole.net/

Are you trying to build a DNS proxy (similar to Pi-hole) that intercepts DNS requests and checks for the ones that look harmful? If so, I would suggest trying to separately build a DNS client and a DNS server, before trying to integrate them together. Start with Beej's Guide to Network Programming if you need to learn the basics of sockets, and then take a look at the documents that define the DNS protocol itself (RFC1034 and RFC1035).

Setup a pi-hole.

It's definitely not as simple as installing an app on your phone, but I run a Pi-hole on my home network, and it does block ads in many games.