feature/delete-host #5
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# How it Works
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The program "blackholes" hosts by setting their entries in /etc/hosts to be
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`0.0.0.0` so that when one tries to resolve the host in the browser the host will
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resolve to `0.0.0.0`.
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The program will wake up in a configurable timeframe continuously, reading a config file into memory and making appropriate changes to the /etc/hosts based on what it reads from the config.
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Starting the program like this allows for the program to run as a daemon:
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```bash
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sudo hb -period <wakeup period> -config <path/to/config> -daemon
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```
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The config file at the moment is just a newline separated list of hosts that will
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be added to the /etc/hosts file.
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# Motivations
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I would like to get better with C, and will be using C much more in the near future. In addition, I have issues with browsing to sites that hurt my productivity and am always on the command line.
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# TODO
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1. Get delete working for my /etc/hosts editor.
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2. Daemonize this program to be started up by systemd.
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- As part of daemonization, remember and remove added hosts on teardown.
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- Can do this with an atexit handler, and a routine in main.
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3. Log dns requests that look at the hosts file -- To see how many go where
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4. As part of daemonization -- only block hosts within a time limit.
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- Sleep, wakeup, check if time has passed or not, block/unblock host,
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sleep again.
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5. Read hosts to block from a config file (to not pollute the /etc/hosts file)
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6. Design a unified interface for reading a hosts file.
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- Debug logging
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- Systemd unit file for running as a daemon
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