Re: [IPCop-user] Blocking unwanted web sites.

On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 16:07:47 -0400
Jack Beglinger <jac...@gm...> wrote:

> Depends on your tools... for me I block about 17,000 sites that do
> tracking with...

> # mods to IPCop 
> # change: /etc/dnsmasq.conf
> # added line in global: addn-hosts=/etc/hosts.ext
> # Download file from MVPS and place HOSTS on desktop.
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> # run to copy HOSTS to IPCop.
> scp -P 8022 HOSTS root@ipcop:/etc/hosts.ext
> # gain access to IPCop
> ssh root@ipcop -p 8022
> # run on IPCop to reactive dnamasq
> /etc/rc.d/rc.dnsmasq restart
> # then to leave type
> exit

I have on another box a /etc/hosts file with over 500.000 lines  ;-3)

> You can add your list as another.  IPCop DNS allows for multiple host
> files.

Thank you.
But I am worried by the dire warning in  ? :

# Do not modify '/var/ipcop/dhcp/dnsmasq.conf' directly since any changes
# you make will be overwritten whenever you resave dhcp settings using the
# web interface! 
# Instead modify the file '/var/ipcop/dhcp/dnsmasq.local' and then restart 
# the DHCP server using the web interface or restartdhcp.
# Changes made to the 'local' file will then propagate to the DHCP server.

So should I add the "add-hosts=/etc/hosts.ext" line to 
/var/ipcop/dhcp/dnsmasq.local or to /etc/dnsmasq.conf

Cheers,
 
Ron.
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