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Post subject: hosts file
 Posted: Oct 16, 2007 - 08:42 PM
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Joined: Mar 12, 2006
Posts: 91
Location: Canada
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Has anyone here used /etc/hosts to block bad websites and Web objects? Details:
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
...and how to use that method with *nix:
Hosts File for Linux or Unix
http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/hostsforlinux.html
Windows's default hosts file has only one line:
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127.0.0.1 localhost
Kanotix's hosts says:
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127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 [user's system name is added here]
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
# (added automatically by netbase upgrade)
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
Obviously the first two entries are necessary---but will the stuff after the 2nd entry interfere with any addresses that are added? (On a standalone system, maybe the entries after the 2nd one aren't needed?)
Thanks, Andy |
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Post subject: hosts file
Posted: Oct 21, 2007 - 02:19 AM
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Joined: Dec 10, 2004
Posts: 597
Location: Schleswig-Holstein
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I use the hosts file to block unwanted addresses since I use linux. I don't know what's the use of those ipv6 entries, I just appended a "Junk" section after that part, like this:
##JUNK##
0.0.0.0 ad.doubleclick.net
0.0.0.0 us.a1.yimg.com
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