How long is your HOSTS file?

[imported_LoKe]

I'm sitting on 11854. You?

 

[Electric Amish]

1 line (localhost) not including REMs

 

[Specop 007]

I dont even know what the hell I use my hosts file for, nor how I use it.
So...0. Or 1. Whatever the default would be.

 

[The Stigenator]

i use mike's no ad hosts list.. so that is however long it is..


http://everythingisnt.com/hosts.html

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Specop 007
I dont even know what the hell I use my hosts file for, nor how I use it.
So...0. Or 1. Whatever the default would be.

You can redirect website using your hosts file. It's an easy way of blocking a website, too.

Say you want to block MySpace, you should put this line in your hosts file:

127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com

And any attempt to connect to www.myspace.com would redirect you to 127.0.0.1(localhost)

My HOSTS file is dedicated to blocking ads.

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
i use mike's no ad hosts list.. so that is however long it is..


http://everythingisnt.com/hosts.html

About, 1360 lines.

 

[sinucus]

I use firefox and adblock plus so I don't really have a need to use a HOSTS file anymore. Back in the day of IE5 my HOSTS file was about 5000 lines long.

 

[sinucus]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: Specop 007
I dont even know what the hell I use my hosts file for, nor how I use it.
So...0. Or 1. Whatever the default would be.

You can redirect website using your hosts file. It's an easy way of blocking a website, too.

Say you want to block MySpace, you should put this line in your hosts file:

127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com

And any attempt to connect to www.myspace.com would redirect you to 127.0.0.1(localhost)

My HOSTS file is dedicated to blocking ads.

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
i use mike's no ad hosts list.. so that is however long it is..


http://everythingisnt.com/hosts.html

About, 1360 lines.

You forgot to tell him where it was.

%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc

 

[GoPackGo]

No hosts file...

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: sinucus
You forgot to tell him where it was.

%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc

Or /etc/hosts.

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Or /etc/hosts.

unix?

 

[sinucus]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: sinucus
You forgot to tell him where it was.

%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc

Or /etc/hosts.

I was assuming that since he had never heard of the hosts file that he wasn't using *nix, but he could have been use Mandrake, now that I think of it.

*sorry, I just love to make fun of mandrake

 

[RossMAN]

1 line

 

[Goosemaster]

the local host + 1 line for a stubborn network share

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: Specop 007
I dont even know what the hell I use my hosts file for, nor how I use it.
So...0. Or 1. Whatever the default would be.

You can redirect website using your hosts file. It's an easy way of blocking a website, too.

Say you want to block MySpace, you should put this line in your hosts file:

127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com

And any attempt to connect to www.myspace.com would redirect you to 127.0.0.1(localhost)

My HOSTS file is dedicated to blocking ads.

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
i use mike's no ad hosts list.. so that is however long it is..


http://everythingisnt.com/hosts.html

About, 1360 lines.

Oh my, this could be fun. My roommate is a Myspace whore....Hope she doesnt wanna get laid anytime soon.....

 

[RichUK]

The normal local host resolution. Other than that I am routed through a corporate proxy.

 

[Rubycon]

We're not allowed to use them. :Q

DNS > hosts.*

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Specop 007
Oh my, this could be fun. My roommate is a Myspace whore....Hope she doesnt wanna get laid anytime soon.....

You can get creative with it, too.

www.google.com www.myspace.com

Would redirect them to google. Think of the possibilities...

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
We're not allowed to use them. :Q

DNS > hosts.*

How large is the network you're on? =D

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: Specop 007
Oh my, this could be fun. My roommate is a Myspace whore....Hope she doesnt wanna get laid anytime soon.....

You can get creative with it, too.

www.google.com www.myspace.com

Would redirect them to google. Think of the possibilities...

AHAHAHA!
Your a mean spirited prankster.
I like it!

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: Specop 007
I dont even know what the hell I use my hosts file for, nor how I use it.
So...0. Or 1. Whatever the default would be.

You can redirect website using your hosts file. It's an easy way of blocking a website, too.

Say you want to block MySpace, you should put this line in your hosts file:

127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com

And any attempt to connect to www.myspace.com would redirect you to 127.0.0.1(localhost)

My HOSTS file is dedicated to blocking ads.

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
i use mike's no ad hosts list.. so that is however long it is..


http://everythingisnt.com/hosts.html

About, 1360 lines.

Oh my, this could be fun. My roommate is a Myspace whore....Hope she doesnt wanna get laid anytime soon.....

I jsut installed the modified hosts file....very nice

 

[sinucus]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
We're not allowed to use them. :Q

DNS > hosts.*

wrong.

The HOSTS file is > "DNS" because you overrule the root servers. You explicitly declare that you want XXXXXXXX to resolve to XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

 

[imported_LoKe]

But seriously, if you wanted to use it properly, you could do something like...

64.233.187.99 www.google.com

So that you try to connect to the IP, rather than resolve the address. ~_~

 

[jpeyton]

One meeeeeeeelyun dollars.

 

[sinucus]

Originally posted by: LoKe
But seriously, if you wanted to use it properly, you could do something like...

64.233.187.99 www.google.com

So that you try to connect to the IP, rather than resolve the address. ~_~

There is a slight problem with that though. Google rotates through at least 4 different server banks so that you get fresher results. About once a week or so they change IP's, or so I've seen.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: sinucus

wrong.

The HOSTS file is > "DNS" because you overrule the root servers. You explicitly declare that you want XXXXXXXX to resolve to XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

The policies on the networks over ride and prevent any use of the hosts file. It's much easier to manage thousands of computers - some often 1000 NM or more offshore - than using an archaic method. On a standalone pc or server it may override lookups, but that wasn't the point.

zone myspace.com
parent 64.125.138.181
www 64.125.138.181

Try that. Anytime someone goes to myspace it goes to another site. :laugh:

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: sinucus

Originally posted by: LoKe
But seriously, if you wanted to use it properly, you could do something like...

64.233.187.99 www.google.com

So that you try to connect to the IP, rather than resolve the address. ~_~

There is a slight problem with that though. Google rotates through at least 4 different server banks so that you get fresher results. About once a week or so they change IP's, or so I've seen.

That may be true. But I was just using it as an example. =]