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I wonder why there is no public official dns-server with the pi-hole blockings included. This would allow me to just insert the dns-ip into my fritzbox without

I wonder why there is no public official dns-server with the pi-hole blockings included. This would allow me to just insert the dns-ip into my fritzbox without having to setup and run a raspberry.

clarkmoody 8y ago
You're probably going to want to whitelist a domain here and there relative to the default blacklist. And the pi-hole has a few blacklists that aren't enabled by default, since they are much more strict. So pi-hole-as-a-service doesn't make too much sense.
- chewyland 8y ago
  PiHole as a service will definitely happen and I would be willing to pay a monthly fee for it. My setup has been running for over a year and it has completely transformed the Internet for me.
  - fonosip 8y ago
    Pihole / VPN as service https://ba.net/adblockvpn https://ba.net/adblockvpn
    - sodosopa 8y ago
      That site looks sketchy
- realPubkey 8y ago
  Ok thats a good argument. But the few pihole-users i know do not have a single whitelisted domain and likely will never have one. Also I could still whitelist most domains by adding the ip to my etc/hosts
  - skunkworker 8y ago
    Unfortunately some of the more extreme blacklists can block legitimate error-reporting software among others that I commonly use for work. Same goes if you work in analytics you'll have to open up some just to access your dashboard.
  - Legogris 8y ago
    I work in the cryptocurrency space and a several legit sites and APIs are blocked in more than one list.
  - xythian 8y ago
    I'm a long time pi-hole user and follow the subreddit and discourse regularly. You'll find many a pi-hole user with whitelists. The following are pretty common. * https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/commonly-whitelisted-domains/212 https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/commonly-whitelisted-domains... * https://github.com/anudeepND/whitelist https://github.com/anudeepND/whitelist I have ~2.2M domains blocked. There's just no way that I wouldn't have false positives in that big of a list.
    - lostlogin 8y ago
      1 million here - nothing whitelisted or knowingly broken.
- trumped 8y ago
  most people would be happy with the default settings... and if everyone would be using it, websites would make sure that they work with pi-hole users
  - pferde 8y ago
    Cue corporations spamming takedown requests because "it deprives them of ad revenue".
tbronchain 8y ago
Seems like there is: https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html However, as it's been said, you might want to easily whitelist some domains.

I wonder why there is no public official dns-server with the pi-hole blockings included. This would allow me to just insert the dns-ip into my fritzbox without having to setup and run a raspberry.

clarkmoody 8y ago

You're probably going to want to whitelist a domain here and there relative to the default blacklist. And the pi-hole has a few blacklists that aren't enabled by default, since they are much more strict. So pi-hole-as-a-service doesn't make too much sense.

chewyland 8y ago
PiHole as a service will definitely happen and I would be willing to pay a monthly fee for it. My setup has been running for over a year and it has completely transformed the Internet for me.
- fonosip 8y ago
  Pihole / VPN as service https://ba.net/adblockvpn https://ba.net/adblockvpn
  - sodosopa 8y ago
    That site looks sketchy
realPubkey 8y ago
Ok thats a good argument. But the few pihole-users i know do not have a single whitelisted domain and likely will never have one. Also I could still whitelist most domains by adding the ip to my etc/hosts
- skunkworker 8y ago
  Unfortunately some of the more extreme blacklists can block legitimate error-reporting software among others that I commonly use for work. Same goes if you work in analytics you'll have to open up some just to access your dashboard.
- Legogris 8y ago
  I work in the cryptocurrency space and a several legit sites and APIs are blocked in more than one list.
- xythian 8y ago
  I'm a long time pi-hole user and follow the subreddit and discourse regularly. You'll find many a pi-hole user with whitelists. The following are pretty common. * https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/commonly-whitelisted-domains/212 https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/commonly-whitelisted-domains... * https://github.com/anudeepND/whitelist https://github.com/anudeepND/whitelist I have ~2.2M domains blocked. There's just no way that I wouldn't have false positives in that big of a list.
  - lostlogin 8y ago
    1 million here - nothing whitelisted or knowingly broken.
trumped 8y ago
most people would be happy with the default settings... and if everyone would be using it, websites would make sure that they work with pi-hole users
- pferde 8y ago
  Cue corporations spamming takedown requests because "it deprives them of ad revenue".

tbronchain 8y ago

Seems like there is: https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html However, as it's been said, you might want to easily whitelist some domains.