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Possibly a naive question: Wouldn't hosts entries block this? i.e. informaction.com 127.0.0.1, etc. If so, then one would only comment out the entries when sp
by raintrees 11y ago
Possibly a naive question: Wouldn't hosts entries block this? i.e. informaction.com 127.0.0.1, etc.
If so, then one would only comment out the entries when specifically after updates, otherwise they run as-is, and no phone home problem.
Although this depends on a browser using the host system's specified DNS: I seem to have caught Chrome ignoring my entries in favor of Goggle's DNS (on Linux) whilst doing web design for a client. :(
- oldmanjay 11y agoUseless comment, downvote/ignore at will; If this were Slashdot, you would have just made a friend for life in APK.
- raintrees 11y agoThanks for the reference, I had never run into APK as a meme/topic. As to the HOSTS question, I am currently working through Terpstra's SAMBA-3 By Example, and after spending enough time on small business networks chasing down odd stuff every time a Microsoft Small Business Server goes down (runs its own DNS and DHCP servers for the LANs in question), I am beginning to consider static mapping some of these smaller networks for better resiliency, which seems to be a frequent consideration of that author. I apologize for the naivete, but I did specifically label my comment as such, and my question was an honest one with a simplistic security model in mind, when it comes to specific outside resources that may be untrustworthy. edit: And that search for APK derived my answer at pineight.com, so again, thanks.