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Are there any implications to having 40,000+ lines in your /etc/hosts?
by jason_slack 9y ago
Are there any implications to having 40,000+ lines in your /etc/hosts?
- nomercy400 9y agoIt's basically a big lookup table, trading storage for speed. The most noticable effect is that your web pages load faster, because a lot requests for unnecessary data (eg. Facebook in this example) complete immediately. Occasionally you will miss out on a webpage that depends on it. Think uBlock Origin, but not for just your browser but your entire system.
- jason_slack 9y agoThanks I have used /etc/hosts for a long time. I however just realized exactly how big mine is getting.
- dredmorbius 9y agoI've seen no noticeable impact to 100k+ lines.
- jason_slack 9y agoThis is good to know. Thank you for the reply.