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[-] hello_hello@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In related news I recently set up a DNS server in my home network with adware/malware blocking and set my router to use it as static DNS so my whole house has to use it, including my parents. It was shockingly easy to do with NixOS.

I'm going to make a separate post on how I did it using an old Thinkpad x220 in case anyone is interested or I get around to doing it.

Anyway, use Firefox and ffprofile creator, it's not that hard.

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

Please make this post!

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

I did this and my mother complained because it was blocking the ad slop she likes to click on

[-] hello_hello@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

sads. My mom has yet to complain.

[-] wheresmysurplusvalue@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Which way did you set up an adblocking DNS with NixOS? Blocky?

I've got an old raspberry pi running pihole. But I've also got a tiny headless computer doing my routing which is using NixOS. (As of yet I'm too much of a novice to set up all the firewall rules myself, so I have OPNsense running in a VM...) It'd be nice if I could just obsolete the pi and unify all my stuff into the router for more frequent updates.

[-] hello_hello@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

I'm using technitium DNS server which has module in NixOS.

It seems relatively well maintained and has what I need (web interface, one click set up etc.)

I'm still new to this stuff so I'm figuring it out as I test things out. I didn't want to buy a raspberry pi so I used an old libreboot thinkpad I had that I never used.

NixOS modules eliminate a lot of the jank involved which is why I use it, I've also used NixOS as a desktop in the past so it only makes sense.

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