Secure DNS

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:06:19 +0000

TL;DR: Use a VPN if you really care.

Hey, you over there! Want to take something that works perfectly well and make it more complicated? Sure ya do! Oh, need a little more convincing?

Okay - here’s the rundown. We use https to keep the baddies from seeing what we browse on the internet. So far, so good. However, there’s a problem - DNS. DNS isn’t encrypted for …. reasons (see the above webcomic). And if you don’t change any of your settings, then you’re probably getting your DNS records from your ISP. Which means your ISP knows everything about what you try to visit.

Ad Blocking w/Raspberry Pi

Mon, 10 May 2021 23:53:27 +0000

Image of a Raspberry Pi

I’ve used different technologies to block ads for a long time. I remember my first computer used Proxomitron to great success in the early web. (HTTPS wasn’t much of a thing back then which made MITM proxies a lot easier to set up!)

My Pi-Hole recently started acting more and more strangely, so I decided it was time to start fresh - and document it this time. I have three goals for this project:

Dns on sugar, spice, &terminal? nice

Secure DNS

Ad Blocking w/Raspberry Pi