Replying to Avatar Michael Welnick

GM, I’m posting about one cool open source project every day. Today lets check out https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole Pi-hole is a network wide add blocker written in python. It works by blocking requests to advertisements on the DNS level. It even blocks adds that pop up inside iOS apps. You can also use it as a shared hosts file to save DNS entries for any attached device in place of something less user friendly like dnsmasq. It is super simple to setup thanks to a nice interface, good docs, docker images and active community. #OpenSourceDaily

Priceless piece of software especially when tied to unbound to do your own DNS. Adds another layer of protection

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Interesting 🧐 I’ll have to check out unbound. Iv been using the custom DNS entries in pi hole. What does this do in addition to that?

You make requests to major DNS servers and bypass corp DNS services. They can log your requests and build a profile. Less surveillance is always good

Thanks, that does sound useful