On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 14:06 +0000, Dave Korn wrote: > >> The company says it will fix the "bug" soon. In the meantime you can > > work >around it by adding: > >> # Block access to ZoneLabs Server > >> 127.0.0.1 zonelabs.com > >> to your Windows host file.
> 2) You aren't the first person in the world to mistake the loopback > interface for a routable address, but you do look just as dumb as everyone > else who's ever done it down the annals of history. You might want to remove your foot from your own mouth. The loopback thing is a workaround by which the host that it is trying to resolve is entered in the hosts file of the system, having the effect that the application tries to connect to the loopback adapter instead of connecting to the Internet. Don't know about you, but that works very well for me in regards to blocking advertising in a browser. You might want to think yourself before assailing other posters verbally. But frankly, I don't care since your email just qualified you for my plonker list. Cheers, Frank PS: zonelabs.com resolves to 208.185.174.44 in case you're still wondering about an IP address. PPS: Of course that's not proof of anything. Packet traces would be preferred, but I'd think anyone with Zone Alarm could probably gather those easily. (...Why do I even care...) -- It is said that the Internet is a public utility. As such, it is best compared to a sewer. A big, fat pipe with a bunch of crap sloshing against your ports.
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