Tested to work on Linux (Debian) or Raspberry Pi (raspbian)
DNS Blackhole server. This server is designed to be a false endpoint for ad and tracking servers on the Internet.
I had at the time connectivity only through satellite. If this or other high latency ISP is connecting, you need this or similar deployed in your network today!
This was an open source creation to end ads as well as create a false endpoint for Sites we do not want users connecting to.
Pi-hole
: A black hole for Internet advertisements – curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash
This will report the number of Sites (Ads)
the number of end clients connecting (Clients)
Domains
DNS Query load
Local DNS User experience testing
TCP and UDP port 53 port availability.
This was deployed into my network to curb at least 10% of traffic going to Ad networks and User experience tracking on endpoint systems.
They are using DNSmaq as the back-end DNS