Help Hosts file users

[Guest2010]

I created an entry in brainstorm.ubuntu.com about wildcards in Hosts file.

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/24842/image/1/ (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/24842/)

Please promote it :D

[koenn]

it's a bad idea, so I won't promote it.

the hosts file is a mechanism for resolving names to addresses.
Knowingly pitting wrong records in there may be a cute workaround to block access to certain web sites, but it's also misusing the mechanism.
Asking that this (well established) mechanism be mùodified to better accomodate your workaround is a step too far, imo.

[jetsam]

Yeah, the slippery slope leads all the way to a dns server.

Install a dns server.

dnsmasq is great for a home lan. Tomato firmware comes with it stock, or you can install it internally and wield a network magic wand. Please search for more info, as this is the cafe.

[Guest2010]

it's a bad idea, so I won't promote it.

the hosts file is a mechanism for resolving names to addresses.
Knowingly pitting wrong records in there may be a cute workaround to block access to certain web sites, but it's also misusing the mechanism.
Asking that this (well established) mechanism be mùodified to better accomodate your workaround is a step too far, imo.

But it does a perfect job all you have to do is copy and paste a list (http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/) and you can add your own sites.

Nothing to install, setting up and to worry about.

[jetsam]

You're breaking into cars. I'm offering you a parking garage.

[Guest2010]

You're breaking into cars. I'm offering you a parking garage.

I don't need to break into my car since i have the keys ;-)

[koenn]

But it does a perfect job all you have to do is copy and paste a list (http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/) and you can add your own sites.

Nothing to install, setting up and to worry about.

So you want to do system and network administration with nothing to install, setting up and worry about ?
Hm, why doesn't that convince me that your idea is a good one ?

[Guest2010]

So you want to do system and network administration with nothing to install, setting up and worry about ?
Hm, why doesn't that convince me that your idea is a good one ?

Who said that I want to do system and network administration? I am a private user, who cares for his privacy and security.
I am aware that there are many solutions to accomplish that, I tried most of them. I think the hosts file solution is one of the best and by improving that it would even get better.

[jetsam]

Everything you're looking for is here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9fNRXUoveg).

[Guest2010]

Everything you're looking for is here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9fNRXUoveg).

lol, rick roll'd :evil:

[koenn]

Who said that I want to do system and network administration? I am a private user, who cares for his privacy and security.
I am aware that there are many solutions to accomplish that, I tried most of them. I think the hosts file solution is one of the best and by improving that it would even get better.

if you're modifying a hosts file, your doing system administration with repercussions on network connectivity. If you're blocking sites, you're doing network administration. Small scale, maybe, but nonetheless.
I have no problem with that, except for what I said in my first post in this thread.

[Guest2010]

if you're modifying a hosts file, your doing system administration with repercussions on network connectivity. If you're blocking sites, you're doing network administration. Small scale, maybe, but nonetheless.
I have no problem with that, except for what I said in my first post in this thread.

very well then.

it wouldn't hurt you when they make the hosts file more intelligent.

[jetsam]

What you aren't getting is that internetworking involves more than just you. You are absolutely free to change your hosts file, and also your resolv.conf file.

What you can't do succesfully is argue from a position of ignorance.

When people use words like "dns" and "network administration," and you respond with "no worries," you have lost before you have begun. All we are asking you to do is educate yourself before you try to fix a system you do not understand.

[Sam]

http://daniel.hahler.de/easy-dns-wildcard-setup-for-local-domains-using-dnsmasq

[jetsam]

Lol. SO easy it's almost cruel.