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aetherspawn on May 11, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pi-hole 5.0

I just realised that if your router runs OpenWrt, you can install PiHole (an equivalent of, rather) directly onto your router by installing the following packages [1]

    dnsmasq
    adblock
    luci-app-adblock

You may also need

    libustream-mbedtls

Just tried it, works great. With a few small lists, the amount of blocked DNS requests is floating at around 30%.

[1]: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/ad-blocking

netsec1337 on May 11, 2020 | [–]

https://command.honestsec.com sounds promising... looks like the system includes a secure router with secured double layer dns filtering (local at source and upstream resolver).

theandrewbailey on May 11, 2020 | [–]

I remember seeing those packages, and wondered how effective they were.

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