On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:38:43 +0100 steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk allegedly wrote:
On 09/08/10 21:25, mick wrote:
I use Dan Pollock's host file at http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ in conjunction with DNSMasq to do just that. Using DNSMasq centralises the hosts list and means that all the crap adware/spamware/rubbish sites listed get binned as local loopback.
I use DNSMasq too, and I do this: http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2010q2/003879.html
and I have a blacklist downloaded daily by a cron job as described here: http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2010q2/003877.html
I don't know how the blocklist I use compares to Dan Pollock's though.
Steve
Dan's list is about three times to size of the yoyo list. I have not checked where they overlap/differ. There are other lists on the net (El Reg pointed to one at http://www.malwaredomains.com/ for example) and there are services such as DNSrbl which are used by ISPs.
But this is an arms race. The bad guys will always be ahead, all we can do is as Dan says, try to make it "not suck as much".
I find that the list I use, together with adblockplus in FF, helps to keep the noise down.
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