EDIT: Thanks so much guys! This was really helpful, and I didn’t imagine so many would help out!
Hey guys,
I’ve used PiHole for over a year now, and I really like it. I use it with WireGuard, so I always have my DNS blocker with me.
But I’ve wondered if I even have some good lists? I used some standard lists from a reddit thread when I set up my PiHole, and I’ve never looked at it since.
So what blocklists do you use? Something you can recommend?
Also, if you use Blocky or AdGuard, do you find it better than PiHole?
Nice try, Youtube dev. Better luck next time.
Something to keep in mind:
Avoid using mirrored consolidated lists, if possible; it deprives the original list maintainer of visits (meaning they may be less inclined to keep it up to date!) https://firebog.net/
This is the GOAT 🐐
Absolutely agree
Same! Which version do you use? Small or big?
Big.
Did not know about this one! Just added it to my pi hole instance. Thank you!
I’m using all the ‘green’ lists from Firebog.
It depends a bit on what you want to accomplish, the threat model, the devices in use, and other topics. I think this is a good read: https://avoidthehack.com/best-pihole-blocklists
Some specific social blocklists: https://github.com/d43m0nhLInt3r/socialblocklists
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I use the following lists:
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I also ensure that I have ublock origin on everything I can put it on. I’m sure the default lists are fine for pihole (I just like tinkering with things), but I recommend https://firebog.net/ for finding more lists if you so desire
Those are mine: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matomo-org/referrer-spam-blacklist/master/spammers.txt https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/hosts
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vokins/yhosts/master/hosts
https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RooneyMcNibNug/pihole-stuff/master/SNAFU.txt
https://adaway.org/hosts.txt
https://v.firebog.net/hosts/AdguardDNS.txt
https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Admiral.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/blacklist/master/adservers.txt https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Easylist.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/UncheckyAds/hosts
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/hosts
https://owenthe.dev/fortnite.txt https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt
https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hostsAnd my very own: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Appoxo/Ad-List/master/hosts.txt
Loving that you straight up block Halo servers.
Need that for the regional search to work…Otherwise it liked to put me in US servers with a 120 ping :|
This has worked great for me
Basically the maintained ones from: https://firebog.net/
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System IoT Internet of Things for device controllers PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)
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