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join:2003-01-17
kudos:2 | reply to wolfi
Re: How to block google-analyticsHere is my list of Google servers, that I keep in hosts file to block ubiquitous Google tracking:
# Google tracking sites:
127.0.0.1 google-analytics.com
127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com
127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com
127.0.0.1 googleanalytics.com
127.0.0.1 www.googleanalytics.com
127.0.0.1 ssl.googleanalytics.com
127.0.0.1 adservices.google.com
127.0.0.1 pagead.googlesyndication.com
127.0.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com
127.0.0.1 fusion.google.com
127.0.0.1 www.googleadservices.com
127.0.0.1 partner.googleadservices.com
127.0.0.1 doubleclick.com
127.0.0.1 doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 pubads.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 urchin.com
127.0.0.1 service.urchin.com
The list is quite big, because unfortunately Windows hosts file doesn't support wildcard '*' and, therefore, each host name should be listed separately there.
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 NetFixerFrom my cold dead handsPremium
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| said by OZO:The list is quite big, because unfortunately Windows hosts file doesn't support wildcard '*' and, therefore, each host name should be listed separately there.
The hosts file does not support wildcard '*' entries no matter what OS it is used on. Microsoft is not to blame for the lack of wildcard support.
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 AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to OZO
said by OZO:The list is quite big, because unfortunately Windows hosts file doesn't support wildcard '*' and, therefore, each host name should be listed separately there.
technically, does *any* HOSTS file "support wildcards"?
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OZOPremium
join:2003-01-17
kudos:2 | said by AVD:said by OZO:The list is quite big, because unfortunately Windows hosts file doesn't support wildcard '*' and, therefore, each host name should be listed separately there.
technically, does *any* HOSTS file "support wildcards"? Technically they don't. And usual explanation is - they were not designed to block name resolutions in the first place. But if they did support of '*', blocking name resolutions would be much more efficient. If you look at examples of HOSTS files usually they contain many lines referring to one domain, but specifying each and every host within that domain, one by one. If HOSTS files supported '*', many of those lines could be substituted with just one line. E.g.:
127.0.0.1 *.google-analytics.com.
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 Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:11 | reply to OZO
quote:
The list is quite big, because unfortunately Windows hosts file doesn't support wildcard '*' and, therefore, each host name should be listed separately there.
I have always noticed that buddy,why is that?? -- Is it too hard for windows to deal with 0 " *.google.com " |
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| said by Dude111: quote:
The list is quite big, because unfortunately Windows hosts file doesn't support wildcard '*' and, therefore, each host name should be listed separately there.
I have always noticed that buddy,why is that?? -- Is it too hard for windows to deal with 0 " *.google.com " That has been repeatedly answered in just about any thread that discusses using a hosts file for "blocking" instead of its intended purpose. The standard that defines the hosts file does not provide for wildcard entries, and neither Microsoft or Windows has anything to do with that standard (other than an obligation to comply with the standard). I suspect that if MS did decide to make their own proprietary rules for the hosts file, they would be instantly lambasted for trying to corrupt a known and accepted standard.
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