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no, it doesn't do deep packet inspection. it just blocks DNS queries. So when your webpage says "show the java script ad at xxx.yyy" the DNS is sent to PiHole,
by JudgeWapner 8y ago
no, it doesn't do deep packet inspection. it just blocks DNS queries. So when your webpage says "show the java script ad at xxx.yyy" the DNS is sent to PiHole, which sees xxx.yyy as a spam domain, then instead of resolving that IP, it says "oh, you want to load spam.js from xxx.yyy? Here it is: {}". It actually makes pages run faster.