1.) Secure you vs. known malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious adbanners - see 2 thru 6 below next)
2.) Secure you vs. downed DNS servers aiding reliability
I run my own DNS server.
3.) Secure you vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns servers
See the answer to 2 above
4.) Protect you vs. fastflux using botnet attacks and stop their communications back to their C&C servers
Yup. Don't install shit from unknown sources.
5.) Protect you vs. dynamic dns using botnet attacks and stop their communications back to their C&C servers
See Answer to #2 above.
6.) Protect you vs. domain generation algorithm using botnet attacks and stop their communications back to their C&C servers
Again, see #2
7.) Speed you up for websurfing not only by adblocking but also hardcoding favorite sites
Utterly stupid approach since every decent site used CDNs now.
8.) Get you past a dnsbl you may not agree with
See #2 above
9.) Keep you off dns request logs
See #2 above
10.) Do all of those things and block ads (better than adblock) more efficiently in cpu cycles and memory usage
Show me the benchmarks
11.) Work on ANY webbound application (think stand-alone email programs, for example).
See #2.
12.) Give you direct, easily notepad/texteditor controlled data for all of the above
Hmm. vi on my dns server seems to work fine.
13.) Block out trackers
See #2.
14.) Block spam mails sources
Don't sign up for stupid sites using real email addresses and/or use an email specifically for those sites and blackhole the resulting email.
15.) Block phishing mails sources
Have a little common sense and this isn't an issue.
Debating if I should paste this after every one of your spam posts...