Hi, I use DNS to solve this too. Got my list from http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/ which can generate config files in a bunch if different formats. Works great.
Cheers, /jkm * Nick Holland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Stuart Henderson wrote: > > On 2006/01/22 12:39, Peter Fraser wrote: > >> Rather than going to each machine an installing > >> this hosts file in \windows\system32\drivers\etc > >> I would rather have my firewall block these > >> names instead. > >> > >> Please note the blocking has to be done on the name, > >> not the ip address. > > > > You'll need to use a web proxy for this. > > > You COULD use a proxy for this (actually, it would have to be a more > general proxy, not just web), but you can do this in simpler ways, too > (which I would argue are at least as effective in real life than the > more "technically perfect" proxy system). Just set up a "poisoned" DNS > resolver to mangle resolution of any domain or subdomain you don't want > people going to, which is what you are doing in a machine-by-machine > basis with a hosts file: > > http://www.holland-consulting.net/tech/imblock.html > > I'm very fond of this idea of DNS mangling, both to eliminate things I > find personally annoying, plus as an aid for managing other people's > computers. See the "Disadvantages" section in that article for a list > of limitations and disclaimers. > > Nick.
