On 07/20/2014 04:18 PM, Chris Pemberton wrote:
> On 07/19/2014 05:30 AM, g wrote:
>> On 07/19/2014 06:25 PM, Chris Pemberton wrote:
>> <<>>
>>
>>> 2. I install a custom hosts file ( http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
>>> ). This protects all applications in one swoop, not just the browser.
>> or so it is claimed.
>>
>> i saw post about it. pulled it. backed up my custom list. added
>> custom list to it. copied it to new name. fired up wireshark. fired
>> up firefox. surfed 10 sites. wireshark show it did not work. deleted
>> it and temp file. re installed my list.
>>
>>
> To test, I added the following to the long list:
>
> 127.0.0.1 google.com
>
> I was then unable to ping or browse to google.com; but www.google.com
> worked just fine. Anyone know if you place wildcards in /etc/hosts?
> Something like:
>
> *google.com
>
> Chris
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Hi,
you need to setup your own dns server, i may suggest dnsmasq (google for
it) as it is lightweight, hosts file dont support wildcards.
regards
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