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Eh, not the GP but I had tried that and switched back to 1.1.1.1 with hosts rules for specific sites to fallback to 8.8.8.8. Running my own DNS just proved to

Eh, not the GP but I had tried that and switched back to 1.1.1.1 with hosts rules for specific sites to fallback to 8.8.8.8. Running my own DNS just proved to be too much of a troubleshooting headache, since if a site was broken it was one additional step. The pihole itself has been almost no trouble, but the diy DNS would occasionally fail to resolve a site. If I'm at home, the last thing I really want to do in the evening is troubleshoot network issues. It was a fun project to setup, and I did learn more than I expected I would. I can recommend it as a weekend project, but not as a long-term solution.

nobody9999 5y ago
>Running my own DNS just proved to be too much of a troubleshooting headache, since if a site was broken it was one additional step. The pihole itself has been almost no trouble, but the diy DNS would occasionally fail to resolve a site. If I'm at home, the last thing I really want to do in the evening is troubleshoot network issues. A fair point. That said, note the edit on the comment to which you replied. I've been running my own authoritative DNS for (personal) domains I own for 15 years or so and have spent very little time managing that. I also run my own internal DNS servers (hybrid BIND/AD DNS) without issue. As such, I don't expect to have many issues with a simple recursive resolver. That said, I understand your point of view and know that managing DNS isn't for everyone. However, I'd rather perform my own DNS lookups rather than relying on my ISP(s), Google or Cloudflare. Yes, my ISP could capture every single recursive query, but I'd rather have them do that than just log every DNS query I make. No, it doesn't significantly add to my privacy, but (IMHO) it's better than the alternative.
- icedchai 5y ago
  I also run my own DNS servers, both internal caching resolvers and external authoritative, and and have done so since 1996. I run BIND. It takes almost zero maintenance. DNS is one of the easiest services to operate.

nobody9999 5y ago

>Running my own DNS just proved to be too much of a troubleshooting headache, since if a site was broken it was one additional step. The pihole itself has been almost no trouble, but the diy DNS would occasionally fail to resolve a site. If I'm at home, the last thing I really want to do in the evening is troubleshoot network issues. A fair point. That said, note the edit on the comment to which you replied. I've been running my own authoritative DNS for (personal) domains I own for 15 years or so and have spent very little time managing that. I also run my own internal DNS servers (hybrid BIND/AD DNS) without issue. As such, I don't expect to have many issues with a simple recursive resolver. That said, I understand your point of view and know that managing DNS isn't for everyone. However, I'd rather perform my own DNS lookups rather than relying on my ISP(s), Google or Cloudflare. Yes, my ISP could capture every single recursive query, but I'd rather have them do that than just log every DNS query I make. No, it doesn't significantly add to my privacy, but (IMHO) it's better than the alternative.

icedchai 5y ago
I also run my own DNS servers, both internal caching resolvers and external authoritative, and and have done so since 1996. I run BIND. It takes almost zero maintenance. DNS is one of the easiest services to operate.