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completely agree. unfortunately dnsmasq, firewalls, running your own bind, or PF, table, or the other solutions you mention -- these all require a level of tec
by jmdugan 10y ago
completely agree. unfortunately dnsmasq, firewalls, running your own bind, or PF, table, or the other solutions you mention -- these all require a level of technical expertise far, far beyond the norm, or even 2 standard deviations above the norm of Internet users' technical ability (for some of them, including me). I had maintained the Facebook blocklist for hosts files because it was super simple for me to use, and to share with others.
definitely not ideal, not even complete, and requires work - BUT, nearly any Internet user can implement the solution done this way.
It would be really interesting to autogenerate the domain lists by running background scripts on AS numbers, polling DNS for every IP in the range, and cataloging the domains by script - say, daily, and then printing the list into a 0.0.0.0 prefixed hosts list. Thank you!
disclaimer: github user maintaining linked resource