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Re: [SOLVED] Re: Firefox: Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead for the USPS.com



On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 01:33:18PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 04 Jan 2022 at 19:37:34 (+0100), tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 01:19:37PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > And this is why putting stuff into /etc/hosts is basically never the right
> > > answer. :)
> > 
> > Eye, beholder and things. I've got a couple of them like so:
> > 
> >   # Pest:
> >   127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com
> >   127.0.0.1 ajax.google.com
> >   127.0.0.1 ad.doublecklick.net
> >   127.0.0.1 www.gstatic.com
> >   ...
> > 
> > Yeah, some things stop working then. I want them to :)
> 
> Agreed. I append a list of close to 14,000 addresses (including
> comments) to the end of my own local /etc/hosts. I see very
> few adverts. In fact, I was quite shocked when I just tried
> DNS over HTTPS for a couple of minutes. The 10-day weather
> profile that I screenshoot every day was plastered in popups.
> 
> Anyone know how to combine DoH with resolving 14,000 addresses
> to 127.0.0.1? Also, does that mean that DoH attempts to resolve
> my local hosts before consulting /etc/hosts? I didn't stick
> around DoH long enough to find out.

No idea. I'd hope for it to be overridable, but I've been disappointed
by browsers (yes, firefox, I'm looking at you!) before.

The day it ain't a choice anymore will be the day I hide behind a proxy
*I* trust and control. That one can then look up things in /etc/hosts.
(Yes, that means some bricolage with trusted root CAs. So be it.)

Cheers
-- 
t

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