WaLLy3K ​

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Herds a kid, cats and my workplace. Posts on security, privacy, repair, gaming, technology, media and nonsense. And remember, you're pretty good ​ ​​

Deals with #ISP operations and training 💻
Also maintains a popular decentralised #PiHole blocklist collection ​

Strong views on #Security #Privacy #RightToRepair #OPSEC #Enshittification
Interests in #Cats #Apple #DataHoarding #SelfHosted #Linux #Bash #OpenSource

🌐​https://firebog.net/about
:github:https://github.com/WaLLy3K
📍Australia, somewhere south of the NSW border.
Show threadWaLLy3K ​Dec 31
@decryption Yeah that's pretty much what I've heard about the Pinboard guy too. How would you rate linkding in comparison?
Show threadWaLLy3K ​Dec 31
@decryption Also, totally need to send linkding to my partner who I'm pretty sure still uses Pinboard.in 😂
Show threadWaLLy3K ​Dec 31

@decryption I really like the notifications, means I don't need to stick containers into Uptime Kuma to keep an eye on them and have info sent out via Pushover. It also automates the update process (or makes it one-click).

I don't feel I'm doing anything fancy with it with my 10 containers, but it means I don't have to learn the CLI options to know if everything's working well under the hood.

WaLLy3K ​Dec 31

Honestly, I never really got into the "Docker all the things" mentality. I saw the appeal, but CLI management isn't convenient when you're having to troubleshoot and only have access to your phone, and various web managers (like Portainer) frustrated me because they're more geared towards DevOps than the homelab crowd.

I've been meaning to consolidate a bunch of services into a VM and thought I'd revisit the state of my LAN affairs. Turns out, someone's recently released a gorgeous open source Docker management interface, and I'm really digging it: https://dockhand.pro

Dockhand - Modern Docker Management

A powerful, intuitive Docker platform for everyone. Real-time container management, Compose stacks, Git deployments, and SSO - all free.

Dockhand
WaLLy3K ​Mar 8, 2025

I've removed RPiList's Phishing.txt list from The Firebog's tick lists due to a high amount of false positives.

It's not enough to mark them as a cross, but it's enough to cause a headache for people wanting an absolutely hassle-free set of blocklists for their #pihole

I appreciate @GLenk for taking the time to report an issue with a @GrapheneOS domain being unnecessarily blocked. 🙂

Show threadWaLLy3K ​Mar 8, 2025

@GrapheneOS @GLenk @kuketzblog Thank you for submitting a whitelist request at the RPiList repo, as my copy is just a stripped version of theirs made to work as HOSTS format.

I'm seeing a lot of false positives crop up on that list of theirs. So despite the fact they're super responsive with getting these entries removed, this right here is proof there's some issue with their quality vetting if a Graphene subdomain got blocked.

I'm going to have to mark it as a non-tick list when I get a moment later today.

WaLLy3K ​Jan 27, 2025
I've crossed out https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/lists/ads-and-tracking-extended.txt on The Firebog as the list is no longer updated. #pihole
Show threadWaLLy3K ​Jan 19, 2025

It's a no for mirroring, which I'm happy to honour.

https://github.com/WaLLy3K/wally3k.github.io/issues/215#issuecomment-2600815049

Zerodot1 coinblockerlists · Issue #215 · WaLLy3K/wally3k.github.io

Hello This link is dead https://zerodot1.gitlab.io/CoinBlockerLists/hosts_browser

GitHub
WaLLy3K ​Jan 19, 2025

Zerodot1's CoinBlockerList has been removed from The Firebog's lists entirely due to the maintainer no longer providing updates.

I'm waiting to hear back from the maintainer as to whether I can mirror the most recent copy, unticked, for those interested. #pihole

WaLLy3K ​Jan 12, 2025

A few updates for the Firebog #pihole blocklist today as I go through my open issues! 🙂

CyberHost.uk Malware Domains has been added as a tick list.

DigitalSide Threat-Intel has been crossed due to poor quality control, mistakenly blocking a number of useful websites on several occasions.

Added jarelllama's Scam Blocklist as a non tick list.

I'm also aware of an issue with ZeroDot1's CoinBlockerLists, which I'm looking into since the whole repo has gone private.