Comment on Why is DNS often joked about in the I.T. Industry?

• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Like, when I install uBlock it comes with everything it needs. If I run In round does it block ads out of the box or do I need to point it to some list?

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  • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unbound is a high-level DNS server. It needs you to provide it hosts in a list or provide it with regex scripts (for dynamic and more efficient blocking). It can block ads at the DNS level just like PiHole (because that’s literally what PiHole and AdGuard use under the hood, but add their fancy GUIs)

    I would avoid it unless you know what you’re doing, and recommend reading the docs on their website and testing/breaking it within a Docker container.

    It’s the difference between buying a car from a dealership (PiHole, AdGuard, etc) or building your own from scratch (Unbound). One is very limited, whereas building it and running it yourself you get to do way more than what’s spoon fed to you.

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah okay. Unbound is arch, pi hole is Ubuntu. I have gripes with pi hole but it’s never not worked for me. I might just do that instead (if I ever get around to it lmao)

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      • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        More like: Unbound = Arch, PiHole = Debian, AdGuard = Ubuntu

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