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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 92963" data-source="post: 971470">No, it is redundant, but ..... as a general rule of thumb it is better to:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">use a DNS service for blocking malware/phishing domains, don&#039;t use it for blocking advertising and tracking networks, because . . .<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">a DNS does not differentiate between first and third-party</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">a DNS can only apply simple block rules (no advanced rules and no cosmetic rules)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">it is much more hassle to correct website breakage at the DNS than with an adblocker in your browser</li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">use an adblocker for blocking advertising/tracking networks, don&#039;t use it for malware/phishing domains, because . . .<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">the update frequency of adblock filters is to low to be effective</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">the adblock malware/phishing filterlists are tiny compared to huge bad-URL blocklists at the DNS</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">malware blocking causes more delay (CPU cycles) on your PC than malware blocking at the DNS (has many servers which do the hard work for you)</li>
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</ol>The only exception on above rules of thumb are third-party trackers which mask themselves as first-party (CNAME cloacking). These trackers can be best blocked at DNS-level. Additionally most DNS services use Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to find new malware URL&#039;s&nbsp; based on traffic pattern/anomaly recognition and real time interpretation of big data.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 92963, post: 971470"] No, it is redundant, but ..... as a general rule of thumb it is better to: [LIST=1] [*]use a DNS service for blocking malware/phishing domains, don't use it for blocking advertising and tracking networks, because . . . [LIST] [*]a DNS does not differentiate between first and third-party [*]a DNS can only apply simple block rules (no advanced rules and no cosmetic rules) [*]it is much more hassle to correct website breakage at the DNS than with an adblocker in your browser [/LIST] [*]use an adblocker for blocking advertising/tracking networks, don't use it for malware/phishing domains, because . . . [LIST] [*]the update frequency of adblock filters is to low to be effective [*]the adblock malware/phishing filterlists are tiny compared to huge bad-URL blocklists at the DNS [*]malware blocking causes more delay (CPU cycles) on your PC than malware blocking at the DNS (has many servers which do the hard work for you) [/LIST] [/LIST] The only exception on above rules of thumb are third-party trackers which mask themselves as first-party (CNAME cloacking). These trackers can be best blocked at DNS-level. Additionally most DNS services use Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to find new malware URL's based on traffic pattern/anomaly recognition and real time interpretation of big data. [/QUOTE]

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