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+#!/bin/bash
+cd /etc/dnscrypt-proxy
+
+# download notracking/hosts-blocklists without git for portability
+rm master.zip
+/usr/bin/wget https://github.com/notracking/hosts-blocklists/archive/refs/heads/master.zip -O master.zip
+rm hosts-blocklists-master/*
+/usr/bin/unzip -o master.zip
+
+# download oisd blocklist
+/usr/bin/wget https://dblw.oisd.nl/ -O hosts-blocklists-master/dnscrypt-proxy/oisd.txt
+
+# combine unique entries
+cat hosts-blocklists-master/dnscrypt-proxy/*.txt | uniq -u > blocked-names.txt
+
+# cleanup downloads
+rm master.zip hosts-blocklists-master -rf
+
+# restart DNS resolver to apply new blocklist
+#systemctl restart dnscrypt-proxy.service
+
+#/usr/bin/pkill dns
+#nohup /root/linux-x86_64/dnscrypt-proxy -logf
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