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Self-Hosting a DNS Sinkhole is really important
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this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2026
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It literally is a cron job or systemd timer to load an updated blocklist from time to time and I haven't looked at it for years (well... other an changing a path when I switched from unbound to dnsproxy, because that one is even simpler, doesn't even need a config other than a few parameters at startup and can provide DoH, DoT and/or DoQ access for when I'm not at home)
Nah it’s more like all the sites and services that used blocked links that you have to add to the whitelist or in some cases be able to turn the protection off and on. It’s a regular occurrence for me