Source and Details: https://www.kuketz-blog.de
Benefits
Faster DNS resolving, by becoming own DNS Server
Installation
sudo apt install unbound
Create confiig
sudo nano /etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/pi-hole.conf
Add following content into pi-hole.conf
server:
# If no logfile is specified, syslog is used
# logfile: "/var/log/unbound/unbound.log"
verbosity: 0
interface: 127.0.0.1
port: 5335
do-ip4: yes
do-udp: yes
do-tcp: yes
# May be set to yes if you have IPv6 connectivity
do-ip6: no
# You want to leave this to no unless you have *native* IPv6. With 6to4 and
# Terredo tunnels your web browser should favor IPv4 for the same reasons
prefer-ip6: no
# Use this only when you downloaded the list of primary root servers!
# If you use the default dns-root-data package, unbound will find it automatically
# root-hints: "/var/lib/unbound/root.hints"
# Trust glue only if it is within the server's authority
harden-glue: yes
# Require DNSSEC data for trust-anchored zones, if such data is absent, the zone becomes BOGUS
harden-dnssec-stripped: yes
# Don't use Capitalization randomization as it known to cause DNSSEC issues sometimes
# see https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/unbound-stubby-or-dnscrypt-proxy/9378 for further details
use-caps-for-id: no
# Reduce EDNS reassembly buffer size.
# IP fragmentation is unreliable on the Internet today, and can cause
# transmission failures when large DNS messages are sent via UDP. Even
# when fragmentation does work, it may not be secure; it is theoretically
# possible to spoof parts of a fragmented DNS message, without easy
# detection at the receiving end. Recently, there was an excellent study
# >>> Defragmenting DNS - Determining the optimal maximum UDP response size for DNS <<<
# by Axel Koolhaas, and Tjeerd Slokker (https://indico.dns-oarc.net/event/36/contributions/776/)
# in collaboration with NLnet Labs explored DNS using real world data from the
# the RIPE Atlas probes and the researchers suggested different values for
# IPv4 and IPv6 and in different scenarios. They advise that servers should
# be configured to limit DNS messages sent over UDP to a size that will not
# trigger fragmentation on typical network links. DNS servers can switch
# from UDP to TCP when a DNS response is too big to fit in this limited
# buffer size. This value has also been suggested in DNS Flag Day 2020.
edns-buffer-size: 1232
# Perform prefetching of close to expired message cache entries
# This only applies to domains that have been frequently queried
prefetch: yes
# One thread should be sufficient, can be increased on beefy machines. In reality for most users running on small networks or on a single machine, it should be unnecessary to seek performance enhancement by increasing num-threads above 1.
num-threads: 1
# Ensure kernel buffer is large enough to not lose messages in traffic spikes
so-rcvbuf: 1m
# Ensure privacy of local IP ranges
private-address: 192.168.0.0/16
private-address: 169.254.0.0/16
private-address: 172.16.0.0/12
private-address: 10.0.0.0/8
private-address: fd00::/8
private-address: fe80::/10
## Performance
# More cache memory, rrset=msg*2 | Default: 4m, 4m
msg-cache-size: 32m
rrset-cache-size: 64m
# Time to live [minimum|maximum] for RRsets and messages in the cache | Default: 0, 86400
cache-min-ttl: 3600
cache-max-ttl: 86400
# Serve old responses from cache with a TTL of 0 in the response without waiting for the actual resolution to finish | Default: no, 0
serve-expired: yes
serve-expired-ttl: 86400
# Fetch DNSKEYs earlier (DNSSEC): More cpu usage, less latency | Default: no
prefetch-key: yes
# Helps to reduce the query rate towards targets that get a very high nonexistent name lookup rate | Default: no
aggressive-nsec: yes
## Privacy | Default: no, no
hide-identity: yes
hide-version: yes
EDNS config creation
sudo nano /etc/dnsmasq.d/99-edns.conf
99-ends.conf content
edns-packet-max=1232
PI-hole adjustment
raspberrypi.local/admin
- remove on left all hooks
- add Custom 1 (IPv4): 127.0.0.1#5335
- remove Custom 3 (IPv6)
- active Use DNSSEC in the bottom
- save
default view
changed
Debian Fix
sudo systemctl disable --now unbound-resolvconf.service
sudo sed -Ei 's/^unbound_conf=/#unbound_conf=/' /etc/resolvconf.conf
sudo rm /etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/resolvconf_resolvers.conf
Restart and go live
sudo service unbound restart