pfSense Deep Dive: Unbound Explained!

Consumer grade routers are like leaky boats. But you can beef up your setup using things like the pfSense open source router and firewall software.

In previous videos we've looks specifically at DNS settings, and programs like "Unbound" within pfSense. While these grant you granular control over your home network, they can also be confusing.

This video dives deeper into "Unbound", the DNS resolver on pfSense, and explains what each of its many settings means so that you can get a better understanding of just what it's capable of.

00:00 Intro
01:09 DNS/pfSense Recap
02:22 Unbound Settings Explained
11:00 DNS Forwarder Explained
11:38 Conclusion

pfSense is a great tool that gives your router a power-up, enabling greater control, enhancing security, and the ability to set up more privacy for your internet activities.

Special Thanks to John Todd for guiding us through the tutorial process!

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Recommended Books:

Beginner's Introduction To Privacy - Naomi Brockwell

Permanent Record - Edward Snowden

What has the government done to our money - Rothbard

Extreme Privacy - Michael Bazzel (The best privacy book I've ever read)

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald

Some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy!

Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone)

Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred)

Camera tape (electrical tape is the best tape for covering phone and computer cameras)

USB-C to ethernet adapter:

Privacy Screens (use your phone and computer in public? Keep your information safe!)

Computer: (Search for the size right for your computer)

Phone: (Search for the size for your phone, decide whether you want glass or plastic!)

[shiningWizrd]

Naomi never fails us with her knowledge and outfit.

[Corinthiansv-]

Videos like this that break down each option in pfsense helps make it understandable. Thank you for this and I really look forward to more videos like this on pfsense!

[therealb]

Naomi, it's very important that you cover the limitations of each video's approach. Even the obvious ones, since you have a lot of new viewers.

[JunkJunk-thrn]

Naomi, your videos are awesome. Your laymen explanation completely removes the complexity, confusion and mystery. Thank goodness there are individuals like you to explain items that non-technical folks can understand. Keep up the good work. 🙂🔆

[mvz]

Excellent explainer. I would love to see companies put more effort into selling off the shelf products configured with privacy first settings, but at least we have some great resources to DYI here on YouTube. Thank you!

[NebulaM]

This is awesome! Thank you for your tireless efforts to provide such needed and great information and for keeping us up to date on all the ways our privacy is under attack. You're the best! Thank you!!

[wagmi_dude]

I've setup unbound in my opnsense thanks to Naomi. Good stuff.

[dot_dot_pwn]

thanks for the video Naomi! Hope you have a good day!

[viktormedina]

She's so knowledgeable and smart. I absolutely love this channel.

[theDane]

Another great video explaining what happens behind the ropes....
It’s crazy how much information is shared with a simple text, ie: “Ok”
It has stuff like time, geolocation the model of your device the OS it’s running your digital identity and a lot more...
Imagine talking to a friend and at the end of each sentence you would have to tell the time, where you’re located what phone you have, the phones model plus it’s serial number, the duration and in some cases what you talk about or share with friends....

[kevinhartling]

Thank you. I bought a Protectli on your advise and have just finish setting it up. I am going to replace the company router. Thanks for your videos, I watch them all

[natemarx]

Just a healthy reminder that Naomi is the greatest.

[joshuatimothy]

Using pfSense as a vpn to my home is a very useful feature no matter where I am, thx

[gugumach]

Naomi thank you very much for this great video. Can’t wait for the next one!!!😊

[tonyscaminaci]

Thank you so much for this video series on pfSense. I find this topic to be fairly complex but with each video, I’m learning more.

[BMRR]

Thank you, your video's are so educational and i like many i hope, appreciate the time, effort and information that comes from them. Awesome work!

[jozsefizsak]

Thank you so much for the wonderful information. I'll be able to set this up now. 😊

[tokoiaoben]

Thanks very much. Plz do more pfsense videos.

[ultravioletiris]

You basically described my exact setup over the course of this series. Good to know im on track lol

[adamitj]

Well, in fact I use pfsense dns resolver along with a pihole, but the pihole points to my pfsense, and pfsense's dhcp point to pihole. It's a clever way to make both work with double privacy. Thanks a lot for the video!