Re: [IPCop-user] {Spam?} a hosts file question

[Jim J. <jo...@sb...>]

Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:

>Up to now I have rtelie on hefty hosts file  on all net-connected boxes to 
>avoid wasting my time downloading rubbish from doubleclick and similar.
>
>Can I now put all those "127.0.0.1 www.doubleclick.net" entries in the hosts 
>file of the icop box, or must I keep an maintain them on the various boxes on 
>the network ?
>
>TIA,
>
>Ron.
>  
>
Why does this sound like a perl script wanting to be written?  The 
script would listen on port 53, checks the packet for hosts that are 
bandwidth wasters, returns 127.0.0.1 for the bandwidth wasters, and 
forwards requests for other hosts to the real nameserver.  It might have 
to be running as a service on the IPCop box as a fake nameserver, but 
perl's already on IPCop and a perl-geru can put all the right switches 
in the script to secure it.

Just another dumb idea from the folks at Dubja Tire & Grocery,
Jim

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