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> Can pure DNS site filtering really work these days? I have to imagine more and more of the internet is behind cloudflare / cloudfront / etc, and you probably
by maxgashkov 6y ago
> Can pure DNS site filtering really work these days? I have to imagine more and more of the internet is behind cloudflare / cloudfront / etc, and you probably can't block/grant access to a single site without catching a bunch of unrelated ones as well.
You're thinking about IP filtering. When site is behind Cloudflare/Cloudfront/... it _may_ share an IP with some other site, but it will most probably have a distinct DNS name that can be filtered upon during DNS resolution.
pi-hole/nextdns do this quite successfully for adblocking on network layer.