Home Network & IoT
Pi-hole
Network-wide DNS sinkhole that blocks ads and known malicious domains.
Authorized testing only. Practice on systems you own, isolated labs, or targets with written permission. Unauthorized access is illegal.
When
Hardening home DNS and gaining query logs for every device.
How
Install on Pi/Docker; point DHCP DNS to it; review query log and blocklists.
Why
Visibility + blocking at DNS is high-leverage home defense.
Commands & usage
curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash
docker run -d --name pihole -p 53:53/tcp -p 53:53/udp -p 80:80 pihole/pihole
pihole -t # tail logs
Commands are educational examples. Adapt hosts, paths, and rates to your authorized scope.
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