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a script to convert Dan Pollock's ad blocking hosts file into Unbound local-data.

7 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 0 stories, 7 comments · first 2013-11-22 · latest 2017-03-14

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  1. …this perl script for generating a DNS based blocklist for unbound out of Dan Pollock's hosts file. https://github.com/jodrell/unbound-block-hosts
  2. …DNS resolver with a block list. I use this script to generate a compatible hosts list for unbound: https://github.com/jodrell/unbound-block-hosts It's not terribly sophisticated, but every few weeks or whatever I just run this again: $…
    comment by aorth · 2016-07-29 · in Optimal DNS Ad Blocker
  3. …based on these lists with ACL's (sure if you google each you'll find tutorials, like this one: https://github.com/jodrell/unbound-block-hosts ) Some of the better home router distros will also do this at the local network level
    comment by nikcub · 2016-06-06 · in Being privacy-aware in 2016
  4. …weeks. BTW, the pgl.yoyo.org list is available[1] in Unbound format since a few months ago[2]. [0] https://github.com/jodrell/unbound-block-hosts [1] https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=unb... [2]…
    comment by aorth · 2016-02-12 · in Adblock via /etc/hosts
  5. …if I want to block elements in HTTPS; still needs some thinking :)). [0] https://unbound.net/ [1] https://github.com/jodrell/unbound-block-hosts [2] https://github.com/h0tw1r3/pixelserv
    comment by marios · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox
  6. A bit of a late reply, but I have switched to using this on my home LAN now: https://github.com/jodrell/unbound-block-hosts Basically, a Perl script to massage the data from Dan Pollock's list into a format suitable for unbound (…
    comment by mwest · 2014-08-27 · in Screenshot URL tracking and niki-bot
  7. …into an unbound config file which I include from my main unbound config, using this script: https://github.com/jodrell/unbound-block-hosts This provides ad blocking for my entire network, including my smart tv.
    comment by mike-cardwell · 2013-11-22 · in LG TV logging filenames from network folders