Re: Is there any point to full host names in /etc/hosts ?

David Brown wrote:

[putolin]


If you are using the hosts file to avoid web advertisements or other
sites you want to avoid, the hosts file generally contains a long list
of "127.0.0.1 ads.doubleclick.net" lines, with every line resolving to
the same IP address. Is there some problem with lists like that?

mvh.,

David

I have used that way as well, but the correct way would be to use like this

127.0.0.2 ads.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.3 ads.something.else.net

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