How does Ad Block block?

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    Firewalla

    Ad block is DNS + TLS blocks, they are done local on your firewalla, not through another DNS server

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    Dion Warj

    Is the philosophy behind it to lessen false positives (on the default level)? Is it redundant to enable this and use Nextdns (OISD filter doesn’t have false positives for instance)?

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    Dion Warj

    are there downsides to enabling both?

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    Firewalla

    The Firewalla Adblock happens locally on your firewalla box, meaning, DNS requests are not forwarded to any DNS server. While a DNS service, requires you to send stuff to it. This is the main difference. And it is totally OK to run both together.

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    Dion Warj

    Can anyone comment on if there are lots/any/many false positives with this Ad Block?

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    Dion Warj

    Also, is it technically slower when ad block + nextDNS is turned on (since DNS records are checked locally AND THEN sent to NextDNS)?

     

     

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    Firewalla

    I don't think there is a standard way to measure false positives. It really up to what you do.

    Technically, the firewalla ad blocker is faster since it is entirely local. 

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