On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 6:48 AM Tim via users
<users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2021-01-24 at 09:01 +0000, J.Witvliet--- via users wrote:
> > Didn’t know you could do that.
> > I tried it, but my bind complained that I was not authoritive.
> > (Right now there is a dns-storm against the USA-IRS)
>
> To be honest, I wouldn't advise anyone to start running their own BIND
> server unless you felt like learning how to do so. There are simpler
> ways to make browsing less painful (scriptblockers, ad-blockers,
> privacy proxies, etc), that are just a browser plug-in to install.
>
> But, for anyone who's already got BIND running, adding a bunch of lines
> like the following to the /etc/named.conf file:
>
> zone "doubleclick.net" { type master; file "dead.zone"; };
> zone "doubleclick.com" { type master; file "dead.zone"; };
> zone "adwords.google.com" { type master; file "dead.zone"; };
> zone "googlesyndication.com" { type master; file "dead.zone"; };
> zone "googleservices.com" { type master; file "dead.zone"; };
> zone "googleadservices.com" { type master; file "dead.zone"; };
>
> Which all load up a barebones dead.zone file from where all your other
> zone files are stored (typically /var/named/), just like this:
>
> $TTL 10
> @ IN SOA ns.localdomain. hostmaster.mail.localdomain. (
> 42 ; serial
> 20 ; refresh
> 20 ; retry
> 20 ; expire
> 20 ; ttl
> )
>
> IN NS ns.localdomain.
>
> This instantly kills traffic to any domain, and sub-domain, that you
> list in the named.conf, how I've shown above. It kills it for anything
> that uses the web, not just your web browser. Your mail client, your
> smart TV, etc.
>
> The zone file acts like a wildcard does-not-exist answer to all related
> queries.
>
Nice idea specially since I am running bind already. Another
alternative is pi-hole (https://pi-hole.net/). With that said, I
noticed a lot of ISPs push all-in-one boxes, which forces users to
rely on the ISP's DNS and other spyware. Of course you can put your
own router+wifi between the ISP one and your network, which most
people will not do.
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