dns-blocklists VS Pi-hole

Please anybody using public wifi networks, protect yourself as much as possible. You can use encrypted dns on all of your devices. iPhone / Mac users download one of the profiles. Android users : choose the dns blocking level you want and enter the corresponding address in “private dns” on most Android devices in the network settings. My preference is dns over tls but dns over https is good too. TLS is just one additional layer of encryption. (Encrypts packets between your device and router) or just use a vpn or both.

Mullvad encrypted DNS is also available to all - whether paying for VPN services or not.

In addition they also support optional content blocking[1] via blocklists, just set the desired TLS/HTTPS DNS server.

[1] https://github.com/mullvad/dns-blocklists

Option for ads and tracker block DNS: 1. https://github.com/mullvad/dns-blocklists 2. https://nextdns.io 3. https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html

Not sure isit helpful, you can checkout mullvad dns https://github.com/mullvad/dns-blocklists or nextdns. They do offer free dns and block ads on dns level

I found that 100.64.0.31 is good, I got it from here

You can find more info here https://github.com/mullvad/dns-blocklists

I use Mullvad's adblock DNS and it works fine. Just go to 'Advanced' and under DNS put in the DNS combination you want from their list at https://github.com/mullvad/dns-blocklists

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.