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Apparently I was the first person ever to attempt using dnsmasq to block ads (Fri, Oct 27, 2006). In 2006 I reported a bug named "reading /etc/hosts takes 6 min

by rasz_pl 11y ago

Apparently I was the first person ever to attempt using dnsmasq to block ads (Fri, Oct 27, 2006). In 2006 I reported a bug named "reading /etc/hosts takes 6 minutes" :-) http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2006q4/000937.html http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/200... Before every new dns entry was naively compared sequentially with current dataset, the fix was probably a hashtable.

jakeogh 11y ago
Trying to make it a bit easier: https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsmasq-blacklist https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsmasq-blacklist
mjuj6ugi4 11y ago
Unbound works very well to block hundreds of static domains, like you get from ad-blocking lists, and needs very few resources. IMHO, it should be the default for desktop distros.