samir, an unknown quantityMar 22
This is happening. Would you use a free DNS server with ad-blocking hosted by me? https://mastodon.functional.computer/@samir/116039850155010936
yes, sign me up
38.7%
not interested (and maybe I will tell you why)
29%
I want to/already do it myself
29%
a fourth thing which I will tell you
3.2%
Poll ended at .
samir, a terminally deprecated method (@[email protected])

At home, I use [Blocky](https://0xerr0r.github.io/blocky/) to proxy [DNS4EU](https://www.joindns4.eu/), with the addition of [Steven Black’s hosts file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts) to deny known adware and malware domains. I’m very tempted to turn this into a public service for people who don’t know how to do this themselves. Anyone interested?

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Show threadMark LevisonMar 22
@samir I’m curious as to how it would work. Ie performance and what breaks?
Show threadsamir, an unknown quantityMar 22

@mlevison Should be pretty fast, I have had no issues hosting this at home (but I am moving it to Hetzner for multiple IPs, redundancy, and multiple locations).

What do you mean by “what breaks”? Nothing should break.

Show threadMark LevisonMar 22

@samir

In the past when I tried uBlockOrigin, some sites fell over.

Show threadsamir, an unknown quantityMar 22

@mlevison Ah, gotcha. That may happen, but I personally haven’t had any problems.

DNS4EU’s malicious sites database may include a site you need. I found that when I submitted a request to get a site unblocked, it was handled in a few hours.

Show threadMark LevisonMar 22
@samir I will give it a try and even chip in some $ to defray costs
Show threadsamir, an unknown quantityMar 22

@mlevison Thank you! If it gets reasonable usage I’ll think about a donation option. (We’re looking at about 10€/month in costs, so no big deal.)

But wait, where are you located? Because it’s backed by DNS4EU, it will only be performant in Europe.

Show threadMark Levison
@samir Canada
Mar 22 at 11:40amWeb
Show threadsamir, an unknown quantityMar 22
@mlevison I remember now. Probably not for you, then, but I will try and open-source the infrastructure code so you can either run your own with a different backing DNS service (or perhaps persuade a friend).