Pi-hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements

Re:Pi-hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements by vanekjar on Monday March 13, 2017 @03:16PM (#13861317)

That's true, but instead of empty ad being server (as in case HTTP), HTTPS request timeouts and increases loading time for many pages, because the page waits until all JS loads.

Another problem is that some browsers will retry failed request several times (Chromium) effectively prolonging the time before final error is confirmed.

More about HTTP retry can be found here https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-nottingham-httpbis-retry-00....

To sum it up. Using pi-hole had a negative impact on my browsing experience because HTTPS pages were more less buggy/slow.

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Re:Pi-hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements by detaro on Monday March 13, 2017 @06:49PM (#13863261)

HTTPS requests only timeout if your setup doesn't reject them (also described in your first link).

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