which pgm is accessing the net?

[rikona]

On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 13:34:33 +0100
Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Jan 2021 at 20:33, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
> >
> > In the meantime I figured out how to get the firewall to block the
> > entire googlevideo.com domain, but just for the Ubuntu box, not all
> > the LAN devices.  
> 
> PiHole may help you...
> 
> https://pi-hole.net/

Thanks for the suggestion! That's a VERY interesting pgm, especially
since it works for the whole local net. I've been using browser add-ons
to help with ads, and this adds another dimension to overall protection.

Turns out this is similar to the ad blocking available in the Firewalla
firewall. I've not activated that [yet] since I was using browser
protection, but will consider doing that. This firewall has a very nice
interface which makes it much easier for a network semi-novice like me,
even easier than PiHole. My previous experience with firewalls was that
one needs to know a lot of very detailed network info in order to get
good, thorough protection. And, at least in the firewall hardware I
used then, it was really a fixed situation requiring much time/effort
to make significant changes. Firewalla has several one click 'pause'
options that are quite nice, easy, and fast.

So, I'll probably stick with Firewalla, but I really appreciate your
suggestion.

Thanks...