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Re:EasyList: Ad-serving domain removed due to DMCA takedown ... by userbinator on Thursday August 10, 2017 @07:44AM (#14978695)
I use 0.0.0.0 which is the defined "invalid" address, so any requests immediately fail.
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Re:EasyList: Ad-serving domain removed due to DMCA takedown ... by bahjoite on Thursday August 10, 2017 @08:32AM (#14978950)
I tried:-

echo "0.0.0.0 functionalclam.com" >> /etc/hosts

but a subsequent http request for http://functionalclam.com resulted in a page served by the web service listening on localhost.

edit: append to, don't clobber /etc/hosts

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Re:EasyList: Ad-serving domain removed due to DMCA takedown ... by baudehlo on Thursday August 10, 2017 @08:51AM (#14979086)
Try 127.0.0.254 then.
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Re:EasyList: Ad-serving domain removed due to DMCA takedown ... by pwdisswordfish on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:47AM (#14980848)
Or 0.0.0.1, and spare yourself the spurious loopback traffic.
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Re:EasyList: Ad-serving domain removed due to DMCA takedown ... by yjftsjthsd-h on Thursday August 10, 2017 @08:15PM (#14985585)
Is 0.0.0.0/8 unused or something?
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Re:EasyList: Ad-serving domain removed due to DMCA takedown ... by userbinator on Thursday August 10, 2017 @08:41PM (#14985729)
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5735#page-6

It's known as "This" Network.

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Re:EasyList: Ad-serving domain removed due to DMCA takedown ... by tscs37 on Friday August 11, 2017 @02:28AM (#14987102)
I've found 192.0.2.0 rather useful. It's designated as a test IP range and shouldn't route anywhere useful in normal local networks.
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