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This is what Pi-hole basically does.
by ramaro 4y ago
This is what Pi-hole basically does.
- ryandrake 4y agoAnd, Pi-hole is basically just dnsmasq, so you don't actually need a Raspberry Pi and the official Pi-hole software if you already have a Linux box on your home network doing other things. Just configure dnsmasq and you've got Pi-hole's functionality. With custom firmware, your Internet router can host dnsmasq, so you don't even need a separate box (this is what I use).
- Sohcahtoa82 4y agoYup. I run a PiHole in the cloud so I can PiHole my phone without exposing my home network at all. EDIT: On my phone, I do use Firefox with uBlock Origin, but the PiHole blocks ads that aren't in the browser, or use an app's browser view.
- scubadude 4y agoTrustworthy DNS seems so critical to security, I erred on the side of PiHole on a pi at home, self cloud hosting my DNS scarred me a bit.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y agoMy PiHole in AWS requires me to VPN into it, so DNS requests are protected by the VPN. Neither AWS or anybody in the middle can interfere with it.
- hedora 4y agoI run pi hole in an x86 docker container on my NAS. No raspberry pi required, despite the name. The reports an dynamic modifications to rule sets are a big advantage of pi hole. Sure, you can do it with dnsmasq conf files and logs, but the web UI has a lot of niceties.
- pwpw 4y agoMind providing more info on how you set that up?