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<h2>Protecting your computer with a hosts file</h2>
        <h3>19-11-2023</h3>
        <p><a href="https://sebsauvage.net/wiki/doku.php?id=accueil">Sebsauvage</a> has put together a great hosts file: 
        <a href="https://sebsauvage.net/wiki/doku.php?id=dns-blocklist-en">dns-blocklist</a>
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        DNS filtering is a simple way of blocking the majority of ads, trackers and malicious sites with minimum effort. Set-up is fast and easily reversible.
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        <h3>On Linux</h3>
<code>sudo curl "https://sebsauvage.net/wiki/doku.php?do=export_code&id=dns-blocklist&codeblock=0" -o /etc/cron.weekly/hosts-update
sudo chmod +x /etc/cron.weekly/hosts-update</code>
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        Run the first update:
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<code>sudo /etc/cron.weekly/hosts-update</code>
        <h3>On Windows</h3>
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        Windows networking is a steaming pile of manure, but you can still install this file with caveats.
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