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Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by marios on Friday February 22, 2013 @11:18AM (#5264998)
I like this approach, although I don't have a router that I can flash with TomatoUSB. Instead I setup adsuck[1] which is a DNS blacklisting daemon. It can be setup on individual machines, or on the perimeter like in your case. I prefer the DNS approach as hosts files can grow to be quite lengthy (article proves it) and can in certain cases cause performance issues, as parsing several KBs of entries prior to sending a DNS request is noticeable.

[1] https://opensource.conformal.com/wiki/adsuck

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