HOSTS Update 31/10/03

[siljaline]

URL: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Text: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
Zipped: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip

Regards,




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[|3iff //ullins' flonk-a-roonie]

fizzle pop Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:19:57 -0500, whir sput ssssput
siljaline <siljaline@null.com> weenie:

>URL: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>Text: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
>Zipped: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip
>
thanks!

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[Tim Smith]

In article <asn5qvojt8r66p6dgqdoglo8ulkond3kuv@4ax.com>, siljaline wrote:
> URL: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm Text:
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt Zipped:
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip

I wonder how long until programs start simply ignoring the hosts file?
It's not hard to write a resolver that doesn't look at it.

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[siljaline]

On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 01:18:54 GMT, Tim Smith <reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> wrote:

>I wonder how long until programs start simply ignoring the hosts file?
>It's not hard to write a resolver that doesn't look at it.

There are safety measures that can be taken to avoid that happening.


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siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_