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Resolved: Is there something that can update /etc/hosts from feeds? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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Pi-Hole and similar DNS adblockers just seem like a hassle. I can't tell my parents to buy a raspi, flash it, install and configure pi-hole, configure their routers or devices to point to the raspi, and do all of that from another city. Also personally, there's no time for that in my house.

Is there a program or systemd service I can run that pulls blocklists from somewhere (git, http, ...) and updates /etc/hosts? Before I go off and write a python script, systemd unit file, and shell script to install it on the linux systems of friends of family, does this exist?

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[–] bloodfart@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I know you already found something that fulfills your needs, but the mullvad doh servers can do blocking and then you’re doing dns over https with dnssec and a few blocklist options.