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The hosts file is used to circumvent DNS. When you type a domain in the address bar, DNS servers are used to resolve that name to an IP address. If you edit your host file with an IP / domain pair, then the domain will always resolve to the IP you defined without using any DNS servers. The way the host file is used to block a website is by pointing it to an IP where there is no such domain hosted, so the request fails.

Here is a fun thing you can do: You can get some hosting in any server and then create a website with any domain you want, e.g. cnn.com or bankofcyprus.com.cy and then add a line to your host file to point that domain to the IP of your server (you don't need to buy any domain). Then when you type that domain to your browser, instead of going to the real website, you will go to your own fake one. This of course will happen on your computer only, not for anybody else.

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Here is a fun thing you can do: You can get some hosting in any server and then create a website with any domain you want, e.g. cnn.com or bankofcyprus.com.cy and then add a line to your host file to point that domain to the IP of your server (you don't need to buy any domain). Then when you type that domain to your browser, instead of going to the real website, you will go to your own fake one. This of course will happen on your computer only, not for anybody else.

Haven’t tried this but I suspect this may also work with a local html file if you map a network drive to that file’s folder.

Or would you need to create a context of it somehow...


I'm fantasizing using something like this in the hosts file...

Let’s suppose your local IP is 192.168.1.1 and you then use nslookup to get the IP of the mapped network drive “Z” you’ve created.

I guess you can try something outrageous like…

1. The whole path:

192.168.1.42/file:///Z:/index.htm crappydomain.com


2. Or would index.htm load automatically?

192.168.1.42 crappydomain.com

[Sotos]

It can work with local files but you need to serve them using an http server on your computer. Then you can write something like:

127.0.0.1 anydomain.com

and that domain will be served from your localhost. Or you can also use a Virtual Machine to run a Linux server on your computer, and then you point any domain to the IP of that server.

Another useful think you can do with hosts is to view websites that their domain expired but their hosting didn't. So if you know the IP of somedomain.com, and then somedomain.com expires and you can't access it, you can modify your host file to something like:

some-ip-address somedomain.com

and assuming the files are still hosted on the server you will be able to access that website normally.

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It can work with local files but you need to serve them using an http server on your computer.

Well that goes without saying but I’m wondering if it’s possible with just a mapped network drive since it should have a unique IP, as in the example I’ve given.

[Sotos]

It can work with local files but you need to serve them using an http server on your computer.

Well that goes without saying but I’m wondering if it’s possible with just a mapped network drive since it should have a unique IP, as in the example I’ve given.

I never tried that. But do network drives work over http? I think it must be something like SMB, in which case I don't think it would work.

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If you get a stupid email like this just delete it... even if you have an apple!

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I completed my Apple confirmation as soon as I found the time!

NB: Nothing to worry about if using the Classic but I wouldn’t try this with 3rd party programmable browsers.

OK, the first screen…

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The form to get my details… (credit card details obviously )

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Finally a “success” screen flashes very briefly and then redirects you to some genuine apple phone ads.

That’s it.

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Coming soon to the Classic browser v4.1

Youtube gets a much needed facelift!

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[Lordo]

If you get a stupid email like this just delete it... even if you have an apple!

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gr are you still usinf offcie 2007. what kind of an it professional are you fgs.

even the old men in the village are on 2016 gavole.

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If you get a stupid email like this just delete it... even if you have an apple!

apple.jpg

gr are you still usinf offcie 2007. what kind of an it professional are you fgs.

even the old men in the village are on 2016 gavole.

Like car mechanics, techies have a habit of building systems for themselves from leftover bits and pieces… so older versions of Ms Office work just fine and load faster too!

Btw, my older custom computer is so well fine-tuned that it can probably smoke your latest clogged up Win10 machine that is probably running under a factory Windows.