Sun Mar 29 19:09:07 2020
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# Maza ad blocking – Like Pi-hole but local and using your operating system
<img alt=”demo” src=”media/demo.gif”>
Simple, native and efficient local advertising blocker. Compatible with OSX and Linux.
<img alt=”maza logo” src=”media/maza.png” width=”500″>
– You don’t have to install any browser extensions or applications, you just use the tools of your operating system.
– You update the list of DNS to be blocked with a single stroke.
– Opensource.
– Just bash.
## 
Run
### 
Update database
“` bash
maza update
“`
### 
Start
“` bash
sudo maza start
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### 
Stop
“` bash
sudo maza stop
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### 
Status
“` bash
maza status
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## 
Install
### 
Requirements
– **bash** 4.0 or higher
– **curl**
– Only OSX users, **gsed**: `brew install gnu-sed`
Then you do this.
“` bash
curl -o maza <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking/master/maza> && chmod +x maza && sudo mv maza /usr/local/bin
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Optional but recommended, make a backup of your hosts file.
“` bash
sudo cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.backup
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## 
Uninstall
“` bash
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/maza && sudo rm -r ~/.maza
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## DNSMASQ
Unfortunately the hosts file does not support sub-domains (wildcards), which is necessary to correctly filter all DNS. You will need to install locally a server for that purpose, Maza supports the Dnsmasq format. Here’s an example for OSX.
### 1 Install
“`bash
brew install dnsmasq
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### 2 Configure
Edit the file.
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/usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf
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Add the following lines.
“`
conf-file=(your user path)/.maza/dnsmasq.conf
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Start DNSMASQ.
“`bash
sudo brew services stop dnsmasq
sudo brew services start dnsmasq
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### 3 Tell your OS to use your DNS server
Delete the list of OSX DNS servers and add the 3 addresses. The first one will be your local server, and the other 2 belong to OpenDNS, which you can use any other.
“`bash
127.0.0.1
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
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Refresh your DNS cache
“`bash
sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
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### Bonus: dnsmasq is in charge of solving all DNS
Add in confiigure file: `/usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf`
“`
no-resolv
server=208.67.222.222
server=208.67.220.220
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### Bonus: dnsmasq have test domains
If you want all your `.localhost` domains, for example, point to localhost add in confiigure file: `/usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf`
“`
address=/.localhost/127.0.0.1
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## 
CAUTION
– Only compatible with Linux and OSX operating systems.
– Remember to make a backup copy of `/etc/hosts` in case of unforeseen circumstances, neither the project nor its author will be responsible for any possible repercussions derived from not carrying out this action.
## 
Maza was Top 1 in Hacker News
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22717650>
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