From: Steven Black Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 16:30:01 +0000 (-0400) Subject: giving some love to readme.md X-Git-Url: http://git.99rst.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3f8b2507471cc19f85e65eb13571fe15c9a73eb5;p=stevenblack-hosts.git giving some love to readme.md --- diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 8ea7e4e38..1c96e8cd4 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ #Amalgamated hosts file -This repo consolidates several reputable `hosts` files and consolidates them into a single hosts file that you can use. +This repository consolidates several reputable `hosts` files into a single `hosts` file that you can use. + +Also included is a Python script to fetch and merge the `hosts` file from their various sources. **Currently this hosts file contains 23335 unique entries.** @@ -10,10 +12,10 @@ Currently the `hosts` files from the following locations are amalgamated: * MVPs.org Hosts file at [http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm](http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm), updated monthly, or thereabouts. * Dan Pollock at [http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/](http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/) updated regularly. +* http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/ * My own small list in raw form [here](https://raw.github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/data/StevenBlack/hosts). -You can add any additional sources you'd like under the data/ directory. Provide a copy of the current `hosts` file and a file called -update.info with the URL to the `hosts` file source. This will allow updateHostsFile.py to automatically update your source. +You can add any additional sources you'd like under the data/ directory. Provide a copy of the current `hosts` file and a file called update.info with the URL to the `hosts` file source. This will allow `updateHostsFile.py` to automatically update your source. ## Using updateHostsFile.py