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@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +# -*- mode: markdown; -*- + +Overview +-------- +nss-dontstalk me is a nsswitch module that maps host lookups of well known web +trackers to localhost so they become uneffective. + +The idea is to have the same black lists available regardless of the browser/application used. + +While doing this via /etc/host would be possible there's no /etc/hosts.d mechanism to +keep the changes separate. Also maintaining this for ipv4 and ipv6 can be cumbersome. + +Compiling +--------- +nss-dontstalkme uses autotools to build the package: + + ./autogen.sh + ./configure --prefix=/usr + make + +Installation +------------ +Make sure libnss-dontstalkme.so.2 is in your libraries load path +either installing it into the filesystem + + make install + +or, if you want to run from the built source, by setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH + + LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/src/.libs + +Afterwards add dontstalkme to the hosts entry of /etc/nsswitch.conf e.g. change + + hosts: files myhostname mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4n + +to + + hosts: files myhostname mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dontstalkme dns mdns4 + +It's important to add the `dontstalkme` entry before the `dns` entry. + +Testing +------- +You can test the basic functionality by running + + LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/src/.libs/ getent ahostsv4 google-analytics.com + |