Re: /etc/hosts question

2023-03-16 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 3/16/23 04:09, Tim via users wrote: In /etc/named.conf you'd specify a zone file for the records. I'm showing an example from something else on my BIND server: Good advice, you can just create a zone in your named.conf. Then in that zone you have two options: 1. just declare that forward

Re: /etc/hosts question

2023-03-16 Thread Tim via users
On Wed, 2023-03-15 at 20:41 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > I actually have an /etc/hosts. I was in > the wrong directory. :'( > > After adding tor to my /etc/hosts, > > # override OpenDNS's block of tor.bravesoftware.com > 146.112.61.106 tor.bravesoftware.com > > > host lights up lik

Re: /etc/hosts question

2023-03-16 Thread Tim via users
ToddAndMargo via users wrote: >> I actually have an /etc/hosts. I was in the wrong directory. :'( Joe Zeff: > Oh, good. If you look at what's in there by default, you'll see how > much your system depends on it being there. I was of the impression that the localhost lines were presumed, anyw

Re: /etc/hosts question

2023-03-15 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2023-03-16 at 13:39 +1030, Tim via users wrote: > Traditionally hosts was consulted before other measures (making it > useful as an override). The priority of what is consulted to resolve > names is set in /etc/nsswitch.com (name server switch config file). > Scroll down to you find the h

Re: /etc/hosts question

2023-03-15 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/15/2023 09:41 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: I actually have an /etc/hosts.  I was in the wrong directory.   :'( Oh, good. If you look at what's in there by default, you'll see how much your system depends on it being there. ___ users mai

Re: /etc/hosts question

2023-03-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 3/15/23 20:19, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: I will go the hosts route. I actually have an /etc/hosts. I was in the wrong directory. :'( After adding tor to my /etc/hosts, # override OpenDNS's block of tor.bravesoftware.com 146.112.61.106 tor.bravesoftware.com host lights up like a C

Re: /etc/hosts question

2023-03-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 3/15/23 20:09, Tim via users wrote: On Wed, 2023-03-15 at 18:58 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Problem. Open DNS is specifically blocking tor.bravesoftware.com, screwing up my Brave Browser Private Windows with TOR. And therein lay a problem with censorship, where someone else has s

Re: /etc/hosts question

2023-03-15 Thread Tim via users
On Wed, 2023-03-15 at 18:58 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Problem. Open DNS is specifically blocking > tor.bravesoftware.com, screwing up my > Brave Browser Private Windows with TOR. And therein lay a problem with censorship, where someone else has set the boundary. I can see why they

Re: /etc/hosts question

2023-03-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 3/15/2023 9:58 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, Fedora 37 bind-9.18.12-1.fc37.x86_64 I am running a caching DNS server on my computer. I have the /etc/named.conf set to # the following forwarders is Family Friendly Open # DNS (no porn sites): forwarders { 208.67.222.123; 208.67.

Re: /etc/hosts question

2023-03-15 Thread Bill Cunningham
I checked those DNS resolvers out of curiosity. Indeed porn is blocked. Cool. I don't have any kids or anyone I want to limit in mapping from getting to porn sites, so I trust myself. :) Nice though. B On 3/15/2023 9:58 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, Fedora 37 bind-9.18.12-1.fc37

/etc/hosts question

2023-03-15 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Fedora 37 bind-9.18.12-1.fc37.x86_64 I am running a caching DNS server on my computer. I have the /etc/named.conf set to # the following forwarders is Family Friendly Open # DNS (no porn sites): forwarders { 208.67.222.123; 208.67.220.123; }; Problem. Open DNS is specifically blocki