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This is why you should have multi-tier defenses. An ad blocker in the browser, blackholed domains in your hosts file, and use DNS servers that also blackholes a
by driverdan 7y ago
This is why you should have multi-tier defenses. An ad blocker in the browser, blackholed domains in your hosts file, and use DNS servers that also blackholes ad domains.
- BuckRogers 7y agoI used to do all 3 in the past, 4 with domain blocking done in router configuration, and am no longer a fan. It made troubleshooting any issue that may pop up too much of a hassle. Now I just use single-source blocking at the application layer. When Firefox disabled extensions, I simply used Edgium until they had it fixed.
- cyborgx7 7y agoI forgot I had the hosts file, and was surprised by how little ads I was seeing when the add-on was disabled, until I realised the reason.