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In addition to this very good advise try setting all devices up with DNS block lists, its most easily done by using nextdns.io or cloudflare safebrowsing DNS. I
by msh 4y ago
In addition to this very good advise try setting all devices up with DNS block lists, its most easily done by using nextdns.io or cloudflare safebrowsing DNS. It will filter out some of the malware and scams.
- catchnear4321 4y agoNot to disagree with this, but perhaps to caution… Be aware of the necessary ongoing investment for anything “Home IT” you do. If it requires being on-site, if something goes wrong and you are hours away it could be a big issue. Technical options are not bad. Sometimes they are the best. Just don’t forget to factor in ongoing maintenance and support, and all the ways that can go sideways. It’s important to not look at the problem in isolation, too. Sure, you might be a networking expert, run your own vpn in a colo, etc, etc. Do you have the necessary on-call AND on-site availability for when Mom can’t use Facebook because your pi-hole ate the sd card and you never got around to upgrading it to use a ssd?
- piperswe 4y agoThe benefit of using one of those hosted services is that they're basically set and forget - there's not much on your end that can go wrong.
- t-3 4y agoDoesn't really work nowadays that browsers are defaulting to DNS over HTTPS and smuggling everything past local firewalls and ignoring hosts files.
- msh 4y agoBrowsers still accept the response of the DNS servers. No firewalls or host files needed for my suggestion.