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Why are there IPs in a DNS hosts file? That’s not how those work, even for Pi-hole, unless something’s changed in recent years.
by runjake 8mo ago
Why are there IPs in a DNS hosts file? That’s not how those work, even for Pi-hole, unless something’s changed in recent years.
- nickburns 8mo agoThere are tools that will parse and do the needful with a 'mixed' (i.e., containing both domains and IP addresses/CIDR blocks) feed.
- runjake 8mo agoWhich tools? AFAICT, this is targeted towards Pi-hole, which last I checked, didn't but things change. Thanks for any info. I ask this because I'm working on my own tools and would like to take a look at existing implementations, if they exist.
- nickburns 8mo agopfBlockerNG (on pfSense) does. But you need to specify the feed in both places—i.e., as an IP feed and a DNSBL feed—though. So technically 'parsers', plural.
- runjake 8mo agoAwesome, never even heard of pfBlockerNG. I'll take a look. Thank you! URL for others interested: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/pfblocker.html https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/pfblocke...
- nickburns 8mo agoDeveloper link: https://www.patreon.com/pfBlockerNG https://www.patreon.com/pfBlockerNG
- everdrive 8mo agoPihole _should_ filter these out, but I assume it's not a pihole-specific list. (alternately, the author is just confused)