How to install it correct together with dnsmasq?

gaenserich / hostsblock

an ad- and malware-blocking script for Linux

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How to install it correct together with dnsmasq? #58

Closed Wabuo closed 8 years ago

Wabuo commented 8 years ago

I'm missing a section about how to use it together with dnsmasq. And how to configure dnsmasq correct

Bay the way I think a link to a tutorial about how to make Chrome/Chromium use the system dns/hostfile would also be appreciated.

Sadi58 commented 8 years ago

1) Regarding dnsmasq you might find useful info here: https://gaenserich.github.io/hostsblock

2) The hostsblock script performs a system-wide blocking of domains listed in /etc/hosts.block (or /etc/hosts as you might prefer) so you don't need to make anything else in any web browser settings.

Wabuo commented 8 years ago

@Sadi58 In case of Chrome/Chromium you need to disable the intern DNS stuff, because it will bypass the system settings if you don't. I think this superuser.com answer answers it quite god.

And thx for the link, but I think this should be in a config section in the README.md

Sadi58 commented 8 years ago

Thanks a lot! I agree that a DNS config section in README.md file would be helpful indeed. I think I didn't know this internal DNS setting in Chrome but I have it disabled (default setting maybe?). It's called "Use a prediction service to load pages more quickly" in version 50.x now. So chrome://dns/ tells me "DNS pre-resolution and TCP pre-connection is disabled."