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  3. November 2004

Re: Slow Ping using Host Table

Walden,

> As others have pointed out, a local HOSTS table will allow you to
> override the DNS entries and do "special" things, however in the long
> run I think these "special" things will just cause more trouble than
> their worth.

I don't advocate it except for personal use cases like mine where I'm
well aware of the consequences and understand the implications.  I
agree you rarely would want to use a local HOSTS table in a corporate
environment.  But it does work good for eliminating some otherwise
annoying behavior from some websites...

Doug

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