dnsproxy-config VS Pi-hole

Yes.

You can find the project here, the documentation describes installation alongside or in front of Pi-hole, depending on the use case. If you want secure incoming traffic, a certified FQDN is required. This is left as an exercise for the user (to raise the bar somewhat).

No need for the full AGH stack. You can easily run dnsproxy alongside or in front of Pi-hole.

I have somewhat documented the process of putting up a Do(H|T|Q)/DNScrypt proxy as a standalone service here.

I still need to fix up a couple of permission issues in my documentation, but I have the rough outline of deploying dnsproxy as a standalone simple service here. The last few edits I made to it were getting it to use the yaml syntaxed config file, and trying to make sure a default configuration should Just Work without having to edit it, but you'd still want to.

There's a basic overview here, but I haven't touched it for a while and the documentation may be slightly broken surrounding exec permissions on some files.

It's very possible. You could easily set this up yourself. I do so so myself using dnsproxy, and you could too.

I have an example dnsproxy service here that I use for high availability (one-to-many) distribution and providing encrypted transport.

You might know me as that Unbound guy, or maybe even that dnsproxy guy. Today I would like to make myself known as that Munin guy, and introduce munin-pihole-plugins for Munin Monitoring.

Kinda.

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.