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Pi-Hole or something else for network ad blocking? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by plenipotentprotogod@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've been aware of pi-hole for a while now, but never bothered with it because I do most web browsing on a laptop where browser extensions like uBlock origin are good enough. However, with multiple streaming services starting to insert adds into my paid subscriptions, I'm looking to upgrade to a network blocker that will also cover the apps on my smart TV.

I run most of my self hosted services on a proxmox server, so I'd like something that'll run as an LXC container or a VM. I'm also vaguely aware that various competing applications have come out since pi-hole first gained popularity. Is pi-hole still the best thing going, or are there better options?

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[-] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 3 points 5 months ago

Just wanted to chime in and say that with a pihole you can also have encryption if you point to a local resolver like cloudflared or unbound.

My pihole forwards everything to a cloudflared service running on 127.0.0.1:5353 to encrypt all my outgoing DNS queries, it was really easy to setup: https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/cloudflared/

[-] dan@upvote.au 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's a bunch of extra manual work though - both the initial setup, plus keeping the extra software packages up-to-date. With AdGuard Home, it's already configured to use DoH by default.

[-] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Hold on, this is not the same encryption

The encryption i was talking about is the encryption of your dns server

The article you sent is talking about upstream dns server encryption

[-] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 1 points 5 months ago

The encryption i was talking about is the encryption of your dns server

You mean encryption between the client and your DNS server, on your local network?

[-] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

You can do it on your local network, but this won't make much sense

I mean encryption between your phone or laptop outside of your house, and your dns server at your house

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