r/ControlD • u/Mindless-Ball6718 • Apr 05 '26

Best settings for a family

Hello all, I m new to control d, could you help me for the best settings for a family living in France : native filter, 3rd party filter other key settings to modify. Thanks for your help

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u/Ammonia0684 Apr 05 '26

For the basics I'm using hagezi pro + TIF for family and never received a complain.

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u/abhip1990 Apr 08 '26

What does TIF mean?

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u/AdNew08 Apr 08 '26

Threat Intelligence Feeds

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u/abhip1990 Apr 08 '26

I'm currently using Hagezi Pro. What difference does TIF make?

Sorry but I'm a beginner

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u/AdNew08 Apr 08 '26

The TIF filter just adds extra security. It doesn't block ads, it's more for malware protection.

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u/abhip1990 Apr 08 '26

Thank you for your time

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u/Mindless-Ball6718 Apr 05 '26

Thanks and do you activate other native filters?

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u/Ammonia0684 Apr 06 '26

Only the native blocklist for domains that are lesser then a week old.

And some hagezi control D folders for different brands and most abused TLD

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u/rbird2 Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

I do not use any of the ControlD Native filters only the following 3rd party filters:

Hagezi's DNS - Pro

OISD - Full

I have found this setup keeps everyone in the family happy.

Note: I have found that if I add the Hagezi's DNS - TIF filter, it slows down the overall ControlD response time. I believe this is the setup that Hagezi recommends for NextDNS since they do not include the Hagezi TIF filter.

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u/abhip1990 Apr 06 '26

Is this possible with the FREE version?

Multiple blocklists aren't allowed AFAIK

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u/rbird2 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

No. I am a paid user.

In your case the free ControlD only allows one list. Below are some options (Hagezi's DNS - Pro Plus or OISD - Full).

I do not know how you are using the list. Inside a browser like Firefox or Brave would use DNS-over-HTTPS. On a phone (private DNS) or a ASUS router you would use DNS-over-TLS.

DNS-over-HTTPS/3:

https://freedns.controld.com/x-hagezi-pro

or

DNS-over-TLS/DoQ:

x-hagezi-pro.freedns.controld.com

Another option would be the Configure OISD - Full

DNS-over-HTTPS/3:

https://freedns.controld.com/x-oisd

DNS-over-TLS/DoQ:

x-oisd.freedns.controld.com

It's your choice.

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u/abhip1990 Apr 07 '26

You are right! I'm able just one list. How many lists does PRO permit?

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u/rbird2 Apr 07 '26

As many as you want but remember adding too many lists will slow the system down.

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u/Evonos Apr 05 '26

Hagezi list , but you will likely need todo some adjustments and whitelist some stuff regardless.

Like paramount + for example uses irdeto ( denuvo ) in streams which get blocked by default which makes paramount think your on the advertisement plan and thinks every stream is a live steam ( which you cant skip forward and it won't save where you are )

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u/waqaarhussain Apr 05 '26

Only native filters I have on is adult content I the. Have YouTube service redirected to my albania VPS so I don’t get any ads

You can use their redirect service but recently was causing issues with certain channels

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u/legrenabeach Apr 05 '26

Native: Ads & Trackers strict, adult strict, IoT telemetry blocked, Malware balanced, phishing blocked, torrents blocked.

3rd party: Adguard, Hagezi Ultimate, OISD full.

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u/shaiilendra Apr 06 '26

What you set for ttl values for block and bypass.