From 7efe573ada1db7d76f5e0e947062cd802a53ff79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 05:37:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Counterarguments (markdown) --- Counterarguments.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Counterarguments.md b/Counterarguments.md index 467f4f8..34031f7 100644 --- a/Counterarguments.md +++ b/Counterarguments.md @@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ Memory and CPU cycles are finite resources. A sure way for a developer to **not* #### Just use a hosts file -You can't un-break web pages with [hosts file](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)) at OS level. - µBlock supports the parsing/enforcing of hosts files, and ships with a couple of them. One of them, _"Peter Lowe’s Ad server list"_ is enabled out of the box. -With hosts file under control of µBlock, it is then possible to un-break web sites: a user can just disable µBlock for the web site which breaks, or an exception filter can be created to counter the blocking of a specific hostname appearing in a hosts file. +Using a hosts file at OS level is definitely the best solution for lists of malware domain, since these malware-linked domains would be blocked system-wide at OS level, and not a single net request would ever reach such remote server. + +However, for lists of domain linked to ad servers, trackers, analytics, etc., this is not a good solution: You can't un-break web pages with a [hosts file](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)) at OS level. + +With hosts file under control of µBlock, it is possible to un-break web sites: a user can just disable µBlock for the web site which breaks, or an exception filter can be created to counter the blocking of a specific hostname appearing in a hosts file. Many of the exception filters in [_"µBlock filters"_](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/assets/ublock/filters.txt) are actually exception filters to counter entries in the hosts files shipped with µBlock.