Dns

Pi hole is a network wide ad blocker. It works by setting itself up as a DNS (Domain Name System). The article walkthrough on installing pi hole on a Raspberry Pi however it can be installed on any computer or run as a Docker container. Note: Pi hole cannot block all ads e.g. It cannot block youtube ads as the ads are served from the same domain as the content. Further reading: what is dns and tools to query dns records ...

In setting up this website i had to update a few DNS entry in my hosting platform. Below is a small write up of what is dns, what types of records exist and how to validate them using linux commands such as dig and nslookup What is DNS DNS - Domain Name System which is used to translate domain name (e.g. www.google.com) to its IP (Internet Protocol) address which computers can understand. ...