4 ms·
I "did the /etc/hosts" thing for a long time. But it seemed like some things hung and tool longer sometimes. Overall /etc/hosts was a big improvement. Where
by jmount 11y ago
I "did the /etc/hosts" thing for a long time. But it seemed like some things hung and tool longer sometimes. Overall /etc/hosts was a big improvement. Where are the good lists and what is the current thing you map all the bad hosts to (is it localhost, or something else?)?
- baghira 11y agoRelevant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9509930 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9509930
- sp332 11y agoIt hangs because it waits to time out. It will fail faster if you set the IP to something impossible instead of merely unavailable.
- the8472 11y ago0.0.0.0 works well for that purpose since it's invalid as a remote address