Hi Chisolm I'd suggest you try this first before making comment. In my experience with using this method to block content and save bandwidth, I've noticed no latency (at least nothing in human terms). However, I should have noted that if you use this method on a Win2K workstation, it is recommended that you disable the DNS client on the box as it *will* cause major dramas. From my experience, disabling the DNS client on a workstation has absolutely no adverse effects on the system.
The only problem with this method is that it can be tricky to set up in conjunction with a proxy server. Cheers, Brad > -----Original Message----- > From: Chisholm Wildermuth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 7:40 AM > To: BRAD GRIFFIN; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: banned sites lists! > > > Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying ("listing is > used so that folks > can modify their hosts file")....but I _WOULD NOT EVER_ put > anything with one > thousand one hundred and ninety eight lines as my host file. MS even > recommends you not use the template host file with comments > because that's an > extra 20 lines that the OS must sift through before getting > to the good > stuff. Can you imagine the latency of windows having to go > through that > many lines (13,198) of a host file before it decides it needs > to go out to a > DNS server and look something up?? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: BRAD GRIFFIN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: banned sites lists! > > Hi > > You'll find a very comprehensive list of ad servers, p0rn and > other dubious > sites here: > > http://www.smartin-designs.com/ > > The listing is used so that folks can modify their hosts file > under Windows > boxes to prevent access to certain sites. It's been around > for a while and > the list now contains 13198 entries. Did I mention it's a > community effort? > > Cheers, > Brad > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ivan Hernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 6:32 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: banned sites lists! > > > > > > Hello. I have searched google and the bugtraq mail list > with no luck > > while looking for "banned sites" lists. > > I mean, po rn, w arez, ban ners, ads, big cookie damage and all > > that thins > > that i don't won't my sweet and innocent network lusers to > > see trough my > > proxy :) > > Any list would be appreciated, recyclated, processated and > > devlutionated > > later to this mailing list in order to make a benefit for > > others in my > > situation ! > > Thanks in advance... > > > > Ivan Hernandez > > >
