Ad-Blocker (Pi-Powered) 🛡️

This repository marks a major milestone in my engineering journey: my first hands-on experience with hardware-level networking, Raspberry Pi, and Remote Server Management (SSH).

Originally built to explore how network-wide privacy works, this project represents the transition from writing code to managing physical infrastructure.

🚀 The "Aha!" Moment

This was the first time I moved away from a desktop environment and learned to:

• Manage a Headless System: Configuring a Raspberry Pi entirely through the command line via SSH.
• Network Interception: Understanding how DNS and HTTP requests can be filtered at the hardware level to block intrusive content.
• Linux Fundamentals: Navigating the terminal, managing permissions, and running background services.

🛠️ Technical Highlights

• Hardware: Raspberry Pi (ARM Architecture)
• Access: Remote Management via SSH
• OS: Linux (Raspbian/Debian)
• Core Function: Content filtering and network-wide ad-blocking.

📈 Lessons Learned

• Headless Management: Learning to manage a Linux environment entirely through the CLI without a monitor.
• Network Protocols: Gained an understanding of how DNS/HTTP requests can be intercepted at the hardware level.
• Resource Constraints: Learning to optimize software to run on the limited RAM/CPU of a Raspberry Pi.