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[The Lore of the hosts scroll] [Routing bad-addresses away]
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Windoze allows an effective way of filtering
unwanted connections using the hosts file (this file sits in c:\windows and
is called simply hosts, with no extension. You can have a look and modify
it using any texteditor)..
The hosts file is your 'personal DNS server': before accessing any remote computer through a name to address lookup, windows checks the hosts file to see if the name has been defined as an address ALREADY in hosts (note that this is meant to speed up the web connections you use more often: indeed if you know for sure that a site will always have the same IP, you can add it yourself to the hosts file and avoid the connection to the DNS server). Through use of the hosts file we can list the names of all servers we don't wish to contact by letting the server name match a different address. Typically the address used would be the 'bounce-back' localhost address 127.0.0.1. Note that you may try 0.0.0.0. as well, and get speedier elimination results than with 127.0.0.1. Should it fail, just use 127.0.0.1. as elimination address. Hosts scrolls (lists of annoying spammers) abound on the web, but not all of them are really useful. The most useful and powerful hosts scrolls are considered very precious items by seekers.
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With our black firewall shields with our glistening browsers swords with our magic pouch full of tricks to cast beware us webmasters out of our way, advertisers bow down in worship very low bow down before our singing hosts and in our holy presence be lostAncient seekers' rhyme (+fravia's own collection)
