From bb30e9367a5a981ca3d7419cab6a484ca912c319 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: XhmikosR Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 09:03:48 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update readme_template.md * remove references to hosts-file.net since it's removed * apply #1204 here so that it's not overwritten --- readme_template.md | 9 +-------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/readme_template.md b/readme_template.md index b0c346e8f..10def1c4c 100644 --- a/readme_template.md +++ b/readme_template.md @@ -302,9 +302,6 @@ Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command: ipconfig /flushdns ``` -|If you want to use a huge hosts file by merging [hphosts](https://www.hosts-file.net/) (NOT INCLUDED HERE) you need to DISABLE and STOP `Dnscache` service before you replace hosts file in Windows Systems. You have been warned.| -:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Before flushing the DNS cache, open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command: ```bat @@ -379,10 +376,6 @@ hosts source should be frequently updated by its maintainers with both additions and removals. The larger the hosts file, the higher the level of curation is expected. -For example, the (huge) hosts file from [hosts-file.net](https://hosts-file.net/) -is **not** included here because it is very large (780,000+ entries) -and doesn't currently display a correspondingly high level of curation activity. - It is expected that this unified hosts file will serve both desktop and mobile devices under a variety of operating systems. @@ -398,7 +391,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems. * [macOS Scripting for Configuration, Backup and Restore](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config) helps customizing, re-installing and using macOS. It also provides a [script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/hosts_file_generator.sh) to install and update the hosts file using this project on macOS. In combination with a [launchd](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/launchd_and_script/com.hostsfile.install_update.plist) it updates the hosts file every x days (default is 4). To install both download the GitHub repo and run the [install script](https://github.com/tiiiecherle/osx_install_config/blob/master/09_launchd/9b_run_on_boot/root/1_hosts_file/install_hosts_file_generator_and_launchdservice.sh) from the directory one level up. -* [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi). Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources. This is a very interesting project to set up yourself, or you can [buy one pre-loaded](https://uk.pi-supply.com/products/pi-hole-kit-network-wide-ad-blocker). +* [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) is a network-wide DHCP server and ad blocker that runs on [Raspberry Pi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi). Pi-hole uses this repository as one of its sources. This is a very interesting project to set up yourself, or you can [buy one pre-loaded](https://uk.pi-supply.com/products/pi-hole-poe-edition-the-network-wide-ad-blocker). * [Block ads and malware via local BIND9 DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server") (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here.