On 22 Apr 2021, at 09:20, Benny Pedersen <m...@junc.eu> wrote: > n 2021-04-22 16:44, Marco Pizzoli wrote: >> Due also to some other constraints, I ended up relying on static >> entries in /etc/hosts. > > this file is only for when real dns server is down, not used when dns server > is up
What? /etc/hosts is processed before DNS, that is how adding adservers to /etc/hosts blocks those adservers from being accessed. I don't do this anymore, but I used to have a shots file with thousands of entries (I run a pihole now instead) -- I don't need no stinking taglines.