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linux adblocking using the hosts file

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:36 pm
by morganism
pretty nice little setup here, with an application to automate. DNSkong

http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/DNSKong.html

might be a good inclusion here...

Re: linux adblocking using the hosts file

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:59 pm
by barbaz
That project was last updated in 2002 and links to a related project last updated in 2010; and resolving "blocked" domains to 127.0.0.1 is anyway a bad idea, best IP address to use for that is 0.0.0.0.

For Linux users, a local dnsmasq instance (which BTW is by default on *buntu) is a MUCH better solution.