>> Seems like your file would grow pretty big
You bet! I'm up to 303KB.
Ken Elliott
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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Paul M Foster
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 5:41 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Debian
Ken Elliott wrote:
>>>Is there other functionality of this file that I'm not aware of,
>>>which
>
> prevents the installation of software by other than those computers
> mentioned in this file?
>
> It is simply making use of the file to redirect packets destined for
> known "bad" sites back to your own machine. If you visit a site with
> an ad, or spyware link, the link goes to a dead-end. This works on
> Linux, as well as Windows. Here's an example of a couple of entries in my
HOSTS file.
>
> 127.0.0.1 demo.netgravity.com
> 127.0.0.1 double-click.com
> 127.0.0.1 doubleclick.com
> 127.0.0.1 doubleclick.net
> 127.0.0.1 draco.netgravity.com
>
> There's a no-cost Win program called "Spybot Search and Destroy" that
> will create the file, and fill it with a few hundred entries. Its
> less of an issue with Linux (duh), but it can speed up browsing the
> web by blocking ads.
>
> It's a good idea to do this, but you still need all the other
> protections as well.
>
Hmm. Pretty interesting. Seems like your file would grow pretty big, though.
I can't believe the number of weird places that show up in my cookies file
from time to time. I think to myself, "Wait a minute-- I've never been
there."
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