Alexander Henry wrote:
> Someone at the installfest mentioned a hosts file which you can download
> to block invasive and nasty websites. Where are these?
>
> Also, where is the hosts file in the various Wins?
>
In Win98 it's in the c:\<windows> directory. It's typically not there,
but you can roll your own. A sample is as follows:
# Copyright (c) 1998 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP stack for Windows98
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
#
#127.0.0.1 localhost
If you're trying to block outgoing traffic, you can associate
undesirable dns names with the loopback address, and have a program such
as eDexter handle the request. It only traps requests to dns named sites
though, not direct ip address requests. I'm not sure if that is what
someone (not me) was talking about or not.
-
-Eric 'shubes'
"There is no such thing as the People;
it is a collectivist myth.
There are only individual citizens
with individual wills
and individual purposes."
-William E. Simon (1927-2000),
Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
"A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237
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