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Hi Folks, this is my repo, thanks for all the comments. I'm always looking for ways to improve things so I'm open to all suggestions. EDIT: A couple of clari
by stblack 11y ago
Hi Folks, this is my repo, thanks for all the comments.
I'm always looking for ways to improve things so I'm open to all suggestions.
EDIT: A couple of clarifications.
1) This isn't just for adblock. Your hosts file is useful for thwarting all sorts of malware. If a bot or trojan phones home with a domain, a vigilant hosts file will block it. A if a bot or trojan phones home with an IP, then the hosts file can't help you but, then again, an IP can be physically located fairly quickly.
2) The key to a good hosts file is keeping it current. This hosts file amalgamates several well-curated sources. So your hosts file is only as good as your ability to keep it current. This repo helps with this.
- muthdra 11y agoI'm translating it to portuguese (github.com/muthdra/hosts-ptbr). I love it!
- o_s_m 11y agoHi Steven, Thank you for your contribution. What do you think about this setup? I use two Digital Ocean servers in different datacenters in which I have ran this script (https://github.com/jlund/streisand https://github.com/jlund/streisand). I modified the script (https://github.com/jlund/streisand/tree/master/playbooks/group_vars https://github.com/jlund/streisand/tree/master/playbooks/gro...) before I ran it and pointed the upstream DNS servers to my two personal DNS servers that are hosted on different datacenters. The DNS servers are running a script (https://github.com/Kolyunya/afdns https://github.com/Kolyunya/afdns) that pulls the hosts file daily from (https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts). It has been working great for a few weeks, but I'm curious about any improvements I could provide.