I see in the tazpanel there is the option to install hostfiles for ad&malware blocking. I'm not familiar with that.
Normally i set my machine up in that way:
privoxy as filtering proxy > socksproxy tor (sometime i use(d) polipo whereto i add a forbidden file; following the instructions of bodhizazen.net). I prefer a forwarding proxy for the use of tor, since there i can use the socks 4a option - which is unavailable in firefox.
Now i'd like to understand, how that hostfiles work (may be also an advice which one out of the four would be preferrable :), in case) and if they interfere with the above proxy settings. Or, alternatively, if they could be used as a forbidden file or as an external redirector in polipo?
I think, privoxy would a) not as easy to cooperate with them b) probably wouldn't need them (but, sometimes, it has it's own kind of problems especially as for finetuning to not block sites which are NOT unwanted).
Thanks a lot in advance for your patience.