Re: Just a reminder to not use Host Table Entries

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

If they have Active Directory or any other such thing then it's worth
setting up an internal DNS.

I despise Bing.  So I had a host table entry on my laptop to route any Bing
stuff to Google.  Apparently publicly posting that hack was a bad idea
because Microsoft figured out a way to bypass any host table entries not
long afterwards.

On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 11:33 AM James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There are legitimate uses for host table entries. Like internal servers,
> in shops where an internal DNS is more trouble than it's worth. Or
> servers owned by others, that (for whatever reason) are not listed on
> the public DNS system.
>
> Or as a means of permanently blocking sites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter,
> LinkedIn, or various ad or clickbait servers that might waste one's
> bandwidth) that one might be tricked into accessing against one's will,
> by remapping them to "0.0.0.0".
>
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