Basic question about whitelisting

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@Rick_V

If I whitelist microsoft.com, will that whitelist everything under that domain, including sub- sub- sub- domains?

No, it does not. You will need to whitelist each domain/subdomain.

How do I whitelist or blacklist a domain?

Whitelisting And Blacklisting Is Different On Pi-hole Whitelisting or blacklisting a site on the Pi-hole works differently than traditional ad-blockers. This is because the Pi-hole works at the DNS level, which should make more sense as you read on. Let's say you want to whitelist pi-hole.net. With a normal ad blocker, you would just whitelist that domain. But on the Pi-hole, you need to do a little investigation into the site you want to whitelist. Now pi-hole.n…