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It runs a local DNS server and a local http host. You make a DNS query to badsite.com, your local DNS responds with your local http host and you load a pixel i
by ownagefool 8y ago
It runs a local DNS server and a local http host.
You make a DNS query to badsite.com, your local DNS responds with your local http host and you load a pixel image instead of whatever it should have been.
- vSanjo 8y agoSo in that regard, what does a page look like with Pi-Hole running? As 'aesthetic' as uBlock? Or does it still show the ad's dimensions - just not the ad?
- ownagefool 8y agoProbably depends on the underlying CSS, but obviously CSS that comes with the and won't be downloaded, and I generally don't notice massive empty spaces. I actually use pfblockerng, it does the same thing without the pretty UI.
- dwater 8y agoIn my experience I don't notice things being different when I'm using the Pi-Hole. It just seems like regular functional internet. When I'm not connected is when I'm surprised by how many ads there are and where and when they appear.
- runeb 8y agoI set this up on an RPi last weekend and this is not how it works for me. Trying to resolve blacklisted domains from any network device resolves to 0.0.0.0