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Ads blocking with OpenBSD unbound(8)

       1838 words, 9 minutes

The Internet is full of Ads and Trackers. And a way to avoid those is to simply not reach the stinky servers. This can be partially done using a local DNS resolver. This article is a reboot of both the 2019 Blocking Ads using unbound on OpenBSD and Storing unbound logs into InfluxDB posts ; hopefully improved.

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Blocking Ads using unbound(8) on OpenBSD

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The Internet is full of Ads and Trackers. Some of them are useful to monetize free content. Some are used in a non-ethical manner. Savvy users will configure Ad-Blocker on their Web browser. Others won’t. Most Appliance and IoT modules won’t allow third-party blocking addons. Here’s how to add an extra layer of privacy using OpenBSD and its unbound(8) DNS resolver.

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