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How do you manage your DNS settings ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Do you use one or several providers ?

Do you use it at Browser, Device/OS, Router level ?

What's your configuration ?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Two piholes at home (redundancy). Those both translate all regular DNS requests to DoH using Cloudflared which rotate through 4 non-isp upstream DoH providers.

The router is set to block all port 53 traffic from leaving the network and handout the 2 pihole IPs to dhcp clients for dns. If a LAN device wants regular dns, it MUST use the lan servers or it'll get no response. (or it can use its own DoH setup and/or vpn out of the network). This enforces the ad/telemetry/malware blocking lists pihole uses without having to configure dns on everything.

Those piholes also keep lists/records in sync using Gravity-Sync. Should I change ad lists or add/remove lan dns records, I don't have to do it on both.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you ever have any trouble blocking port 53? Do any services break?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Haven't had any issues yet and it's been blocked for at least 4 years now. Everything just happily uses the DNS servers specified by DHCP.