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--- internet:security:hosts_file [2015/12/26 22:32]
gcooper
+++ internet:security:hosts_file [2019/04/23 10:14] (current)
gcooper
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 ====== Hosts File ======
+See also a **better way**: **[[internet:security:pihole|Pi-Hole DNS Sinkhole and Add Blocker]]**
 The /etc/hosts file contains name resolution info that overrides DNS.  You might add entries in the /etc/hosts file that is not in DNS.
@@ Line 15: / Line 17: @@
 vim hosts.txt
-:%s/^M//g
 </file>
-:!: To strip out the DOS carriage returns, enter Ctrl-v Ctrl-m to input the ''^M''.
+Remove all lines before ''# [Start of entries generated by MVPS HOSTS]'' and append the rest to your own ''/etc/hosts'' file...or continue on to add the second list.
-To use just this one list of adservers, remove all lines before "#start of lines added by WinHelp2002" and append the rest to your own ''/etc/hosts'' file...or continue on to add the second list.
 ==== yoyo.org ====
-Here we download another list and concatenate it with the previously downloaded list of adservers and your exxisting /etc/hosts file:
+Here we download another list and concatenate it with the previously downloaded list of adservers and your existing ''/etc/hosts'' file:
 <file>
 wget -O hosts "http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&showintro=0&startdate[day]=&startdate[month]=&startdate[year]=&mimetype=plaintext"
 sed -i 's/127.0.0.1/0.0.0.0/g' hosts
-cat hosts >> /etc/hosts
+cat hosts >> hosts.txt
+</file>
+<file>
+vim hosts.txt
+# Set to unix file format
+:set ff=unix
+# Strip out DOS carriage returns - enter Ctrl-v Ctrl-m to input the ''^M''
+:%s/^M//g
+# Strip all blank lines and comment lines
+:g/\v^(#|$)/d
+# Sort and remove duplicate lines
+:sort u
 cat hosts.txt >> /etc/hosts
 </file>

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