Pi Hole
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Got this installed as a vm on my laptop, which will now use it's own local PiHole as the first dns server. Seems to be working well, haven't done a lot of web surfing yet, but I'm already telling a difference with those annoying "we want to show you notifications" boxes, they don't come up so often when using Chrome now.
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@travisdh1 said in Pi Hole:
Got this installed as a vm on my laptop, which will now use it's own local PiHole as the first dns server. Seems to be working well, haven't done a lot of web surfing yet, but I'm already telling a difference with those annoying "we want to show you notifications" boxes, they don't come up so often when using Chrome now.
I've done the same setup on my desktop and laptop for awhile now too. Its working pretty good.
Its setup on KVM while I'm using Fedora and on Hyper-V while I'm on Windows 10. Gotta love virtualization. -
@aaronstuder said in Pi Hole:
@ramblingbiped how did it go?
I really like the design of the UI and they did a great job on installation and configuration of the software. I spun it up and changed the DNS configuration for my Google Fiber account so that all devices on my network get assigned PiHole for their DNS, and et voila; I'm in business.
I haven't really noticed any improvement in the quality of internet, but it seems to be working.
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My wife noticed most on her phone where ads that used to take up her screen had disappeared.
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@ramblingbiped said in Pi Hole:
@aaronstuder said in Pi Hole:
@ramblingbiped how did it go?
I really like the design of the UI and they did a great job on installation and configuration of the software. I spun it up and changed the DNS configuration for my Google Fiber account so that all devices on my network get assigned PiHole for their DNS, and et voila; I'm in business.
I haven't really noticed any improvement in the quality of internet, but it seems to be working.
That’s because you have fiber lol
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@scottalanmiller said in Pi Hole:
My wife noticed most on her phone where ads that used to take up her screen had disappeared.
This is my favorite. Works in the built in Facebook browser too. No need for 1 blocker anymore
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My wife had to shut off her wifi to get her shopping cart to load a bit ago. I was out working on the front yard and not in a position to troubleshoot.
I think she was shopping on ShopJustice.com or something.
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@jaredbusch said in Pi Hole:
My wife had to shut off her wifi to get her shopping cart to load a bit ago. I was out working on the front yard and not in a position to troubleshoot.
I think she was shopping on ShopJustice.com or something.
Add to the whitelist
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dont (yet) have a lab virtual host at home, but do have 2 new (to me) PI's on the way so one will be for this app.
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@jt1001001 said in Pi Hole:
dont (yet) have a lab virtual host at home, but do have 2 new (to me) PI's on the way so one will be for this app.
I've set this up on vultr. It's been working phenomenally.
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@coliver Same here
How are you making sure it's only taking requests from you? -
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@coliver @scottalanmiller So what's your PiHole IP address?
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173.199.123.211
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@scottalanmiller said in Pi Hole:
173.199.123.211
Now I just need @coliver's for backup and I don't need to run my own DNS anymore lmao
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I guess that means I have no control over my forwarders ether lol...
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@aaronstuder said in Pi Hole:
I guess that means I have no control over my forwarders ether lol...
And we can mess with you. All kinds of funny things can happen if you control the DNS for lots of people.
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Hmmmmmm......
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"...but is more difficult to mitigate since even a server configured with best practices can still be used in an attack. "
