How long is your HOSTS file?

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I jsut installed the modified hosts file....very nice

Here. Put that after whatever is in your hosts file already. =]

 

[Goosemaster]

dude..jsut set his computer on fire and be done with it.

Say that it was a virus or that realplyer kept on prompting him for something

 

[mugs]

Less than 10 lines (and it's only as long as it is because I'm in transition between webservers).

Firefox and IE block ads just fine for me.

 

[sinucus]

Originally posted by: 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. =]

I just don't want someone to go putting that into their HOSTS file and then complain that google is b0rked in 3 weeks. Never put it past google to do weird things.

 

[Rubycon]

If you really want to mess with them set their TTL to 3. :evil:

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
If you really want to mess with them set their TTL to 3. :evil:

how do you do that, the default is 128 right?

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: RichUK


how do you do that, the default is 128 right?

Default on MS machines should be 128. Use the TCP Optimizer from speedguide.net here to change this value easily. It can also tweak (or mess up!) other settings with your stack.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: RichUK


how do you do that, the default is 128 right?

Default on MS machines should be 128. Use the TCP Optimizer from speedguide.net here to change this value easily. It can also tweak (or mess up!) other settings with your stack.

Nice. That is quite a comprehensive little program.

I thought it might be manipulated via a 3rd party prog, cuz i wasn?t aware of any command line to change the value.

 

[PottedMeat]

however many lines are in this thing: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm