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The easiest to audit is to change /etc/hosts to send malware sites to 127.0.0.1. I use Dan Pollock's hosts file, which is well-commented: http://someonewhocar
by chalst 13y ago
The easiest to audit is to change /etc/hosts to send malware sites to 127.0.0.1. I use Dan Pollock's hosts file, which is well-commented:
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
I keep a Git repository with the contents that I update from time to time - this makes it easier to do diffs against past versions: https://github.com/chalst/pollockhostsfork https://github.com/chalst/pollockhostsfork
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- chalst 13y agoOn the hardware I've looked at, loopback requests are handled in well under a microsecond - I guess this case is not worth optimising. On Linux, 127.0.0.0 is a broadcast address, while on Windows, it is a sink address.
- dbcooper 13y agoIf you want a smaller HOSTS file (useful with Windows) that only targets advertisement and tracking servers, I've found HP Hosts' ad_servers.asp list to be good. http://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.asp http://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.asp