From: Giulio Lombardo Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 14:58:26 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Apply readme.md changes to readme_template.md X-Git-Url: http://git.99rst.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=67cb80bed317175190848daa3388cb58165db9cb;p=stevenblack-hosts.git Apply readme.md changes to readme_template.md --- diff --git a/readme_template.md b/readme_template.md index 3f96b6625..ac0ae320d 100644 --- a/readme_template.md +++ b/readme_template.md @@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ in a subfolder. If the subfolder does not exist, it will be created. `--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts `--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard -`--section, at the top containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is -`--useful for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network. +section at the top, containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`. This is +useful for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network. `--zip`, or `-z`: `false` (default) or `true`, additionally create a zip -`--archive of the hosts file named `hosts.zip`. +archive of the hosts file named `hosts.zip`. ## How do I control which sources are unified? @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ lines to your hosts file will do it: Traditionally most host files use `127.0.0.1`, the *loopback address*, to establish an IP connection to the local machine. -We prefer to use ``0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used to designate an invalid, unknown, +We prefer to use `0.0.0.0`, which is defined as a non-routable meta-address used to designate an invalid, unknown, or non applicable target. Using `0.0.0.0` is empirically faster, possibly because there's no wait for a timeout resolution. It also does not @@ -286,4 +286,4 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems. * [Block ads and malware via local DNS server](https://github.com/mueller-ma/block-ads-via-dns "Block ads and malware via local DNS server") (for Debian, Raspbian & Ubuntu): Set up a local DNS server with a `/etc/bind/named.conf.blocked` file, sourced from here. -* [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound") – [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.") is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver. \ No newline at end of file +* [Blocking ads and malwares with unbound](https://deadc0de.re/articles/unbound-blocking-ads.html "Blocking ads and malwares with unbound") – [Unbound](https://www.unbound.net/ "Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.") is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.