I really want to know when these started to be used in a negative/derogatory way.. as if someone had the intention to keep people “low” in order to.. .well.. what?

1. Blood is thicker than water.
   The full saying is actually “the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” Basically, it means exactly the opposite of what most people think. It refers to the idea that the bonds you choose to make can mean much more to you than the ones you were born into and don’t have much of a say in.
2. Curiosity killed the cat.
   This phrase continues: “but satisfaction brought it back.” This makes sense, considering the whole idea that cats get nine lives. I often heard the first half when I was little and asking too many questions, but the full phrase suggest that there is no such thing as too many questions.
3. A jack of all trades is a master of none.
   This saying got cut short as well and originally said “A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.” Unlike what our version would lead you to believe, having multiple interests but not being an expert in anything could actually prove advantageous.
4. Great minds think alike.
   “Small minds rarely differ” is the following line to this once reassuring quote. I would advise you try not to think about that too much the next time you and your classmates are on a roll with your group project, sometimes phrases get cut short for good reason.
5. Money is the root of all evil.
   Again, the original version is a little longer. This biblical phrase originally reads “The love of money is the root of all sorts of evil.” There’s a difference in making more money than you could possibly spend and keeping it.
6. My country, right or wrong.
   This is often used to justify supporting bad wars, the original actually says “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong to be set right.” This puts the responsibility on the citizen to make sure their country is a good one, not the other way around.
7. Starve a cold, feed a fever.
   I’ve only heard this a couple times and it could have multiple meanings just by reading it differently. Not only is it terrible advice, it’s poorly quoted. The original states “if you starve a cold, you’ll have to feed a fever.” Now, that’s advice I can take to heart.

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/7-phrases-youve-been-misquoting

it is the year 2019 and IPv6 still “almost works” – Today’s exhibit: The Pi-Hole

Long story short: Pi-Hole needs a couple checkboxes and command line options to properly do IPv6. Also most home routers still suck when it comes to IPv6.

I am also stubborn enough to identify and engineer ways around the issues that arise. Especially with an ISP like XS4ALL this just has to work.

The pi-hole is a nice project based on a raspberry Pi that adds a DNS resolver/cache combined with an ad-blocker in your network. That way you don’t need to use dubious browser plugins plus it also works for all mobile devices and appliances in your network.

Personally I even find it speeds up browsing as many requests are served from cache a lot better than from your typical home router. Also you can chose different DNS resolvers like OpenDNS and friends, which are not subjected to patriot act and/or corporate censorship. But more about that later.

The pi-hole does assign a IPv6 address and reacts to DNS requests on that address but now the fun begins. Every SoHo router has a way to assign static IP addresses or create static DHCP entries by mac address. IPv4 addresses… But try doing that in IPv6 and you will learn quickly that there is a difference between “works with IPv6” and “does IPv6 just like IPv4”

Also things like “global address” meaning the address should just be routed, not NAT-ted (typcial IPv4 home router has one IPv4 address that is used with PAT/overloading) – IPv6 should make that redundant. but its difficult to “draw the line” between net and host there. (also people seem to not understand that opening a port on a firewall is just as secure as hiding that host behind NAT/PAT. In fact, it should even be easier but hey..

so long story short: (needs more screenshots)

it used Google’s DNS as a forward target.

difference from default setup:
– IPv6 forwarding is enabled (settings > DNS)
– /etc/pihole/setupVars.conf needed editing > IPv6 address was changed after reboot
– I also edited /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf, and added AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS=yes
– I restarted pihole-FTL with: systemctl restart pihole-FTL

check in the Fritz Box under advanced > network > IPv6 addresses and set up the new IPv6 address as advertised DNSv6 server (confirm with phone)

do the same for ipv4 (instead of itself, the box should advertise the pi-hole as DNS server/cache/resolver)

somehow I think I should use one of my remote machines to monitor availability for IPv4 and IPv6 – I don’t trust this setup just yet but I also need to read a lot on how IPv6 is “supposed” to be done (static seems weird. SLAAC seems a workaround. Three has to be a better way)