Re: Use wildcards in sites blocking options (at least for notifications)

Mark Rousell <[email protected]> Mon, 7 Jan 2019 00:15:34 +0000

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I know this isn't a tech support group but here goes:-

On 06/01/2019 14:51, Camion via wishlist wrote:
> Finally, blocking the whole domain name in hosts wasn't even sufficient...
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Does hosts support wildcards subdomains? I suppose it depends on the
operating system. Perhaps some do although I think most do not.

Instead I think you'd need to use a DNS proxy. I've not tested it but
this, https://pi-hole.net/, appeals to me.

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Mark Rousell