On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 07:19, Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: >> Is that for your entire network, or just one computer? If it's just >> for the one machine, you might find it easier to maintain a simple >> hosts file. > > You might want to read my first paragraph, again... > > Though, even for just one computer, it offers something that can't be > done with the hosts file: Wildcarding. > > If I wanted to blacklist an entire domain, and all of its subdomains, I > can't do that in the hosts file, I have to list each FQDN that I want to > block. >
I see. Nice. > It also offers something else. With the hosts file, you can only > associate a different IP with the domain name (than the real IP). With > my solution you can offer a "no answer," essentially an "it does not > exist" response. Which is a faster kill, avoiding any waiting for > responses. And doesn't cause problems when you do have a webserver > running on the localhost. > Clever, especially as I do have a server on localhost. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
