Re: Do you use HOSTS file ?

From: Thor Kottelin (thor_at_anta.net)
Date: 07/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:03:45 +0300

Duane Arnold wrote:
>
> Thor Kottelin <thor@anta.net> wrote in news:4101429C.C3F47A91@anta.net:

> > You cannot know the absolute location of the hosts file. For example,
> > the hosts file of the XP machine I'm writing this on is not located
> > where you state it is.

> If the HOST file is in play on the O/S, then I have not seen a command
> the can be set to direct the O/S to look else where for the Host file.

It's the hosts file, not the Host or HOST file. Its location is specified in
DataBasePath, under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters.

> I expect any program Web application or not that's using a URL to access
> a site and the Domain Name is in the HOST file with 127.0.0.1, then I
> expect the contact to be stopped by the machine.
>
> However, if IE is using the proxy setting, then the HOST file is
> bypassed.

When your browser uses a proxy server, the only host name it needs to
resolve is that of the proxy. The hosts file isn't actually bypassed; you
can still use it to specify the IP address of the proxy.

Thor 

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