Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much

Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by codex on Friday February 22, 2013 @12:28PM (#5265374)

Can most of this be accomplished more easily by using OpenDNS?

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Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday February 22, 2013 @12:30PM (#5265393)

If you use the hosts file, your browser doesn't need to wait to make the DNS request to OpenDNS, since it already has the loopback/null route in hosts.

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Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by dsl on Friday February 22, 2013 @02:02PM (#5265967)

But you have an entire community addressing real time changes (like adding sites that get infected with malware or being used in phishing attacks) and dealing with false positives.

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Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by codex on Friday February 22, 2013 @02:12PM (#5266056)

Also, OpenDNS entries should be cached after the first lookup.

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