DNS - Block Malware/Adult Content/Ads
This will not explain everything, however, I will try to go through as much as I can with this.
Introduction
DNS is very important in connecting to a website. A Domain Name Server will take a domain name and then give back an IP, so your computer can connect to that server/website. A lot of domains are setup specifically for advertising, tracking, malware, adult content. This guide here is to show how you can take control of your internet connected devices.
Another concern is using the default DNS provided by your ISP. Your ISP will be able to know every website you access and sell that data to advertisers or whomever they want. This is a privacy risk.
I will explain 2 methods to help. One of which you can do RIGHT NOW. The other take a lot of setup to do.
1.1.1.1 Family
This is the easy one. Go into your router and change your DNS settings to:
- 1.1.1.3
- 1.0.0.3
This will block Malware and Adult Content. This will also prevent ISP from seeing any DNS queries. However, we are now trusting Cloudflare with this information. They have said they do not track or sell that data.
For more help on getting this setup go here Router setup instructions ยท 1.1.1.1 docs (cloudflare.com)
Pi-Hole
I'll go over this later