Re: Dumb??? Dept.: host alias listings?

David Hart <ubuntu <at> tonix.org> writes:


On Wed 2006-12-13 09:30:51 -0800, David Armour wrote:

I don't understand networking or aliases, and my brief googling is
pulling up
stuff that I don't understand more than I do. I'd really like to know
a) if I should even concern myself with the host alias
listings..., and
b) if so, how do I remove/edit the host alias lists from my
computer.

The other day, while pfutzing around in System/Administration/Network
Settings/Hosts....
(I was *just* looking!), I noticed the Aliases column to the right of
the IP Address column
for 127.0.0.1 seemed blurred, or overwritten, so I clicked on the handy
Properties button...

What I could see was a comparatively long-ish list of aliases that I
don't particularly
recognize, e.g.:
[snip domain list]

My guess is you've installed some kind of advert/tracker blocking
software that's added certain domains to localhost aliases. (By aliasing
the domains to localhost the requests don't reach the servers.)

Thank you for your reply, both for jogging my memory, and for the explanation of
one of the functions of aliasing to localhost! I wish I had some sort of google
ability with my danged memory. I *had* installed a script (see below) a few
weeks back.


Have a look in /etc/hosts and post some of the output here.

# This MVPS HOSTS file is a free download from: #
# http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/ #
# #
# Notes: the browser does not read this "#" symbol #
# You can create your own notes, after the # symbol #
# This *must* be the first line: 127.0.0.1 localhost #
# ********************************************************#
# ------------------Updated: 09-27-06---------------------#
# ********************************************************#
# Entries marked with Parasite or Trojan comments should #
# be placed in the Internet Explorer Restricted Zone. #
# http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm #
# #
# Entries with other comments are searchable via Google. #
# #
# Disclaimer: this file is free to use, however it is NOT #
# permitted to post on any other site without permission. #
# #
# This work is licensed under the Creative Commons #
# Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. #
# http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ #

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost workhorse2

#start of lines added by WinHelp2002
# [Misc A - Z]

<snip of rest of long file>






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