Has anyone tried using tinydns to block HTTP requests to ad-tracking sites, adware, and spyware?
I had a play at using tinydns's private zone file to block domain names from a list of known trackers I have (I currently keep this list in /etc/hosts on various machines). I couldn't get it to work because (I think) I couldn't get tinydns to consider itself authorative for these domains in terms of DNS requests from my network clients. So, for example, I tried adding entries like this to the private zones file: =www2.doubleclick.com:127.0.0.1 That didn't stop tinydns resolving the name correctly so I trawled around and found DJB saying that you need to set up your DNS server as a SOA for other domains. That's where it gets a whole lot more complex! I did try: .doubleclick.com::localhost =www2.doubleclick.com:127.0.0.1 but that didn't work either. Anyone had a go at this? I'm happy to share my hosts file with anyone that wants it but it needs editing as it blocks a rnage of sites that some folks might not be bothered about. -- Lee Kimber Track what Linux users are saying about Microsoft http://www.kimberconsulting.com/linux_news.htm ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
