From 3f8a528df8f11a8263cef630b779f668e6d8fab8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lateralus138 Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:02:34 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Added information about Hosts Compress Windows to the README; this tool is recommended over the previous scripts. - 09/13/2023 20:02:32 UTC --- readme_template.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/readme_template.md b/readme_template.md index 507ca0bd7..678b00363 100644 --- a/readme_template.md +++ b/readme_template.md @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ the [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.bat) for more details. -Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the PowerShell compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts repository](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts). +Disabling the DNS Cache Service can cause issues with services and applications like *WSL* and it's possible to compress the hosts file and negate the need to disable the DNS caching service. You can try the *C++* Windows command line tool at [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) (the recommended method) or the *PowerShell* compression script and check out the guide located at the [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) repository. ## Reloading hosts file @@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ devices under a variety of operating systems. This is a cross-platform command line utility to help install/update hosts files found at this repository. - [Hosts Compression Scripts](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compression-scripts) These are various scripts to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts). +- [Hosts Compress - Windows](https://github.com/Lateralus138/hosts-compress-windows) This is a *C++* Windows command line tool to help compress hosts files (by the author of BlackHosts and Hosts Compression Scripts). This is highly recommended over the scripts as it is **exponentially faster**. - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Combining-Blocklists) provides a tool to build block lists from local and remote lists in common formats.