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Build Your Own Raspberry Pi Home Network Content Filter

Post by vnatale » Sun May 09, 2021 10:37 pm

Build Your Own Raspberry Pi Home Network Content Filter

Boost both your digital security and your web browsing speed with an inexpensive, DIY packet inspector.



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Re: Build Your Own Raspberry Pi Home Network Content Filter

Post by gizmo_rat » Mon May 10, 2021 4:21 am

I bought a Pi Zero W specifically for this, used an old phone charger to power it and an old sd card; Took about 15 minutes to set up. Works like a charm!

It's a simple dns filter rather than a packet inspector but pretty effective. I find that it still has to block about 15% of network requests even though all the web browsers in the house run Ad blockers. The amount of blocked requests originating from Windows 10 is a bit of an eye opener. Also a bit concerning is the level of device "phoning home" going on while everyone is asleep.
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