HOSTS Update 02/11/03

[siljaline]

URL: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Plain text view of update: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
Zipped: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip

Regards,





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siljaline

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because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
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[DH]

URL: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Plain text view of update: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt
Zipped: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip

Regards,





--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free
time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

siljaline, Thank you for the list. One quick question; this list is larger
than some of the yellow pages that I've seen. What does this do to speed?

Again thanks,

Dave H.

 

[dkg_ctc]

siljaline, Thank you for the list. One quick question; this list
is larger than some of the yellow pages that I've seen. What does
this do to speed?

If you're on Windows 2000 or XP, you'll want to disable the DNS client
in the Service Manager before installing the hosts file--that can
cause some serious speed issues. If the DNS client service is already
disabled, then you probably won't notice any speed issues--at least, I
don't on my P3-550 with 320 MB of RAM.

 

[DH]

If you're on Windows 2000 or XP, you'll want to disable the DNS client
in the Service Manager before installing the hosts file--that can
cause some serious speed issues. If the DNS client service is already
disabled, then you probably won't notice any speed issues--at least, I
don't on my P3-550 with 320 MB of RAM.

Thank you for your prompt response. Your suggestion begs the question "what
does the disabling of DNS client do to speed". My understanding of it's
purpose is to reduce the amount of time by using cached addresses rather
than going to the DNS server.

I need to do some studying. I can't understand the connection with the DNS
client and the use of the host file. I need to learn the sequence of events
to fully understand the good and bad of this list.

Back to school, and thanks again,

Dave H.

 

[dkg_ctc]

Thank you for your prompt response. Your suggestion begs the
question "what does the disabling of DNS client do to speed". My
understanding of it's purpose is to reduce the amount of time by
using cached addresses rather than going to the DNS server.

That is what the DNS client does. However, when using a large hosts
file with the DNS client service enabled, my system would slow to a
crawl. After disabling the DNS client (had to do it from safe mode),
I didn't notice any slow-down from when the DNS client was enabled.

I need to do some studying. I can't understand the connection
with the DNS client and the use of the host file. I need to learn
the sequence of events to fully understand the good and bad of
this list.

My understanding is that it was/is a flaw in Windows, and that the
described behavior isn't the expected (or desired, for that matter)
behavior. My guess would be that it has to do with the DNS client
service trying to cache all the entries in the hosts file, which
causes the slow down (but, that's only a guess).

Back to school, and thanks again,

No problem, and good luck.