4 ms·etc/hosts doesn't scale, it came first and was replaced with DNS when we had scaling problems.by swiley 7y agoetc/hosts doesn't scale, it came first and was replaced with DNS when we had scaling problems.Illniyar 7y agoWhile that might be true many people still use the hosts file today to override dns resolution.swiley 7y agoYes, and I will say that these DOH resolver libraries ignore it is probably my number two complaint.