Add Pi-hole as worth mentioning under DNS #495

jonah · 2018-07-19T19:24:33Z

sjlehn commented

2018-07-19 19:24:33 +00:00

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Description

Add Pi-hole (https://pi-hole.net/) to the suggestions for DNS. Works quite well as a network DNS server, blocking ad and tracker domains (and anything else you feel like blocking).

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### Description Add Pi-hole (https://pi-hole.net/) to the suggestions for DNS. Works quite well as a network DNS server, blocking ad and tracker domains (and anything else you feel like blocking). ### HTML Preview http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/sjlehn/privacytools.io/blob/master/index.html

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Hillside502 commented

2018-07-25 20:38:26 +00:00

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Pi-hole - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi-hole

Source code
https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole

Open Source Pi-hole Alternatives - AlternativeTo.net
https://alternativeto.net/software/pi-hole/?license=opensource

Pi-hole - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi-hole Source code https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole Open Source Pi-hole Alternatives - AlternativeTo.net https://alternativeto.net/software/pi-hole/?license=opensource

hugoncosta commented

2018-08-26 16:08:55 +00:00

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Isn't this a bit "niche" since it's towards the RPi? I believe the tools here are supposed to be for every machine (or at most, divided by Software and/or Mobile/Computer)

ghost commented

2018-08-26 22:11:58 +00:00

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Since it says A network-wide DNS server for the Raspberry Pi, I think it's fine. If you have a Raspberry Pi you can host it for all computers on your network. So on one hand you need the rpi but on the other hand it works as a server for all devices on your network, just like using a third party DNS. The description specifically says that it's for Raspberry Pi, so it's okay.

Since it says `A network-wide DNS server for the Raspberry Pi`, I think it's fine. If you have a Raspberry Pi you can host it for all computers on your network. So on one hand you need the rpi but on the other hand it works as a server for all devices on your network, just like using a third party DNS. The description specifically says that it's for Raspberry Pi, so it's okay.

jonah approved these changes 2018-08-26 22:12:10 +00:00

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@kewde if you approve, merge

sjlehn commented

2018-08-27 13:07:19 +00:00

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@hugoncosta per their site, you can install it on most Debian based distros:

Software

Pi-hole will run on most Debian-based distro’s and is the preferred platform for it.

We officially support the following:
Raspbian: Jessie/Stretch
Ubuntu: 16.04 / 16.10
Debian: 8 / 9
Fedora 28
CentOS: 7 (not ARM)

https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/hardware-software-requirements/273

@hugoncosta per their site, you can install it on most Debian based distros: > Software > > Pi-hole will run on most Debian-based distro’s and is the preferred platform for it. > > We officially support the following: > > Raspbian: Jessie/Stretch > Ubuntu: 16.04 / 16.10 > Debian: 8 / 9 > Fedora 28 > CentOS: 7 (not ARM) https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/hardware-software-requirements/273

ghost commented

2018-08-27 15:14:12 +00:00

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Yes, but you need a server. Though I'm not sure how performant Raspberry Pi is for hosting a DNS server, does anyone here have experience with Pi-hole?

sjlehn commented

2018-08-27 15:29:17 +00:00

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I've been running it on my network on a Pi 3 model B for a while, as DNS and DHCP (less than a dozen clients) without any issues. Memory usage seems to be sitting around 12%.

ghost commented

2018-08-27 15:33:53 +00:00

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Does domain resolution seem slower than using a regular DNS server or are the speeds comparable?

sjlehn commented

2018-08-27 15:58:57 +00:00

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I haven't noticed a difference. I just ran a namebench test, comparing it to major providers, and it falls in the middle of the pack. This is using Cloudflare as the upstream DNS, and DNSSEC is not enabled. Average response time was 98ms

(SYS-192.168.1.135 is the Pi-Hole)

I haven't noticed a difference. I just ran a namebench test, comparing it to major providers, and it falls in the middle of the pack. This is using Cloudflare as the upstream DNS, and DNSSEC is not enabled. Average response time was 98ms ![screen shot 2018-08-27 at 10 55 30](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6686486/44670256-b2755500-aa11-11e8-847e-980f0f055e5b.png) (SYS-192.168.1.135 is the Pi-Hole)

ghost commented

2018-08-27 18:24:59 +00:00

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Thanks for sharing that. I expected an issue with performance. Seeing that test result, I might try running one at home as well.

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