It works for me

Why didn't they release it in a better format, like CSV? We could then easily turn it into a C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file.

yeah but windows defender will wipe it clean evertime it updates.

Plus if you have a massive (>3MB) hosts file it causes other issues during bootup, which requiers disabling another service (dont remember which one off the top of my head, as I am using Pi-Hole these days)

In 2022, nobody should have a 3mb hosts file.

This is not the way...

Unfortunately running your own DNS isn't an option in every context. Not to mention, 3MB is nothing, it shouldn't struggle with that.

Is blocking on a DNS level even sufficient? I'd imagine there are hard coded fall back IPs involved at least sometimes.

A lot of IOT devices (including smart TV's), completly ignore DNS

Easy! Just set router level firewall rules to redirect DNS.

DoH and DoT are slowly changing that, it's getting troublesome to redirect.

It certainly helps, but it's not perfect, no.

I am blocking shy of 2 million domains with Pi-Hole, and in fairness, the file I was using is 3.11mb and if I open it in Notepad++ it contains 106369 lines (about 40 of the lines are comments / empty)

I am also not sure at what size the issue with the service appears.

Because then a load of stuff would stop working!?

Twitter is banned in Russia, that's why he is not Tweeting?

Actually the epub is so badly formatted, that Google Play Books does not even process it and fails. When i run it through epubchecker/Calibre, it shows 215 errors. Probably something you want to look at.

Thank you for letting us know Lucian! I shared your comment with our publisher (O'Reilly).

(disclaimer: I worked on the book)

Here is the patch for the faulty epub.css: https://gist.github.com/luckylittle/9a6d99def44a48796fbcb147...

I wonder if it would be better to get infected now (on purpose), while hospitals are not under heavy load yet. You probably have higher chance of survival now, comparing to many weeks from now. Also the virus might mutate and become more deadly, so having antibodies now would also help down the line.

Probably not, you'd still run a small risk of death, even if you are young and healthy and getting excellent treatment in a first world hospital -- not to mention exposing your loved ones (particularly elders) to infection.

The best approach is certainly self-isolation with sufficient food, then you have zero chance of becoming infected.

I'm not at that point yet in Europe. But if I lived in Singapore or Hong Kong I might start considering it.

I also feel sorry for Docker, in a way. Was it their arrogance, or just incompetence?

The came up with this amazing tool, that lot of companies started using, but they did not have a business strategy on how to make money in a long term. They tried to keep up (Docker Swarm, Docker Hub Premium, Tutum, Moby, Docker Community vs Docker Enterprise etc). But at the end they just seem like they don't really know how to approach it.

What did Moby try to do anyway?

A rebrand that made things more confusing.

Is it dead now? It's still in GitHub, so as Docker.

AFAIK it's a different name for the same Docker.

Hmm hmm...

It's bit of a chicken-and-egg problem: You will not easily get security job, because you don't have experience and you don't have experience, because you don't work at security. The same goes for e.g. CISSP - they require work experience, but lot's of jobs require CISSP. Go figure.

Having a solid profile - either on Github or Blog and entry-level certification could be a good start. Participation in events like CFG or other hackathons would also help open some doors.

I don't work at security myself, but based on what i've seen, having operational experience will also gain you more respect.

Good luck my friend.

Nicely packaged notes, i will clone this to my archive, thanks for sharing ;-)

Me too, i've been using it in combination with CloudFlareD (DNS over HTTPS daemon) and it works like a charm. Except when my ISP changes my public IP and CloudFlareD hangs so i have to restart the service. There is a bug for it, but the Pi-Hole itself works really well.