Erica Eshoo wrote:


> 3. But you could add an entry specific for Adobe.com in the hosts file that
> would redirect any request specifically to Adobe to 127.0.0.1
>
> 4. But, what is with this socket stuff (SOCKOPT_NO_HOSTS)?


SOCKOPT_NO_HOSTS is a well-documented standard way for letting every
unprivileged application resolve hostnames while bypassing the HOSTS file.
It effectively makes your 127.0.0.1 entry void. And since it uses a
hardwired list of IP addresses anyway, and could merely bypass the stub
resolver using kernel sockets, or simply change the entry back while
masquerading it, and simply does its own resolving, it's futile anyway.