Re: Do you use HOSTS file ?
From: Duane Arnold (notme_at_notme.com)
Date: 07/24/04
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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:50:51 GMT
Thor Kottelin <thor@anta.net> wrote in news:4101429C.C3F47A91@anta.net:
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> Programmershouse wrote:
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>> I wrote a page about Host File and how to use it.
>> http://www.ifrance.com/programmershouse/HOSTS-EN.HTML
>> What do you think about it and what else more could I add to it ?
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> 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.
Based on the information in the link, the HOST file is at that location
on my Win 2k and XP Pro machines. Where else is the HOST file going to be
located on a NT based O/S? On Win 9'x and ME, it's in C:\windows I think.
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.
> Neither is my browser cache. You are writing in
> second person when you mean first.
That's on my XP Pro machine.
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files"
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>> Stickman answered me : "Unfortunately, using the hosts file to block
>> unwanted content is terribly inefficient."
>> Why is that ?
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> Because it blocks nothing - it works by breaking name lookups. It
> isn't even on topic for comp.security.firewalls. Follow-ups set.
I think it's a good tool to block the browser redirects to a site where
the dubious site can download something to the machine. If the HOST is in
play and the Domain Name being redirected to is in the HOST file using
the Loopback IP, then the redirect is going to be stopped.
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.
I use the HOST on my machines and have no problems in doing so. I think
it's a limited measure to protect the machine, IMHO. The HOST file should
be locked down as it can be hacked.
Duane :)
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