 Sindows 7
join:2006-09-13
Chilliwack, BC
kudos:2
 ·TekSavvy DSL
 ·Shaw
·TELUS
| How to block cloudfront.net with hosts file? If I add 127.0.0.1 cloudfront.net it still gets though because they use D30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net.
I could add 127.0.0.1 D30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net but there are many prefix's being used and they are probably random names.
Is it not possible to block? |
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 jay608Going Nucking Futs
join:2007-01-22
Chicago, IL | what about 127.0.0.1 *.cloudfront.net? Not sure if that will work or not but worth a shot. |
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 NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:9
·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| said by jay608:what about 127.0.0.1 *.cloudfront.net? Not sure if that will work or not but worth a shot.
The 'hosts' file requires discrete host names; one per host to be blocked. Wild cards don't work.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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 dandelionPremium,MVM
join:2003-04-29
Germantown, TN
kudos:4 | reply to Sindows 7
If you use want to try firefox you can block it with noscript. Perhaps there is a similar alternative for IE. |
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Sindows 7
join:2006-09-13
Chilliwack, BC
kudos:2 Reviews:
·TekSavvy DSL
·Shaw
·TELUS
| reply to jay608
said by jay608:what about 127.0.0.1 *.cloudfront.net? Not sure if that will work or not but worth a shot.
I wish that would work, but it wont |
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OZOPremium
join:2003-01-17
kudos:2 | Yes, indeed. It would reduce the size of hosts file dramatically.
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Keep it simple, it'll become complex by itself... |
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GemPremium
join:2005-09-10
kudos:2 | reply to Sindows 7
Perhaps we don't need to block cloudfront.net?
»answers.yahoo.com/question/index···4AAfcUWa |
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davePremium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
kudos:8 | reply to Sindows 7
Yeah, but the purpose of a hosts file is to provide name-to-address lookup, and saying "all hosts in a domain have the same address" is not useful for that purpose.
If you're using a hammer to install screws, there's no use wishing it would do a better job. |
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OZOPremium
join:2003-01-17
kudos:2 | said by dave:the purpose of a hosts file is to provide name-to-address lookup, and saying "all hosts in a domain have the same address" is not useful for that purpose.
Really? And why it's not?
Here is a common example. From your ISP you have 1 static IP and want to organize your environment by using different host names, like say, www.domain.tld, ftp.domain.tld, sip.domain.tld, etc. You go to your DNS configuration console and assign all of your hosts the same IP (or course). I think that's a good example, why you may start thinking of using records like *.domain.tld in your hosts file 
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:9 Reviews:
·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| said by OZO:Here is a common example. From your ISP you have 1 static IP and want to organize your environment by using different host names, like say, www.domain.tld, ftp.domain.tld, sip.domain.tld, etc. You go to your DNS configuration console and assign all of your hosts the same IP (or course).
Assigning host names via DNS is not the same thing as aliasing host names to IP addresses.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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OZOPremium
join:2003-01-17
kudos:2 | You've missed the first part of my post. |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:9 Reviews:
·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| said by OZO:You've missed the first part of my post.
I wonder. Using my DNS provider to assign multiple host names to a single IP address has nothing to do with the hosts file; and, in any case, they haven't given me wild card naming capability.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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 60632649Premium
join:2003-09-29
New York, NY | reply to Sindows 7
I just use my customized version of JunkBuster. Using a hosts file isn't necessary, in fact it's daft. Put cloudfront.net in the blocker file, and it's done. I had to customize it to make it faster and to allow for longer URLs, you should see the things these weenies try to get away with.
Plus it's instant, once a chance is made to the blocker files it's done, no point and click, no restarting the program, it's just done. |
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