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You're right (writes are INCREDIBLY fast): I tried to offset that on my WD Velociraptor using a Promise Ex-8350 128mb ECC RAM caching RAID controller I didn't list earlier which *does* help some (especially on writes via delayed writes I suspect coupled with the disk's iirc 8mb RAM buffer).

On dataprocessing (I literally spent 20++ yrs. in the field as a coder doing SQL database work): ONLY real dataprocessing I do now is hosts file processing using this application I wrote:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

It's used to import, normalize & deduplicate + validate the data from 12 reputable sites in the security community that produce said data. I do the work on the SSD I noted I have. Not same tech as Flash though.

(That data works for more speed, security, & reliability)

The program's HEAVY on string processing: hence, WHY I figured that a faster CPU would help (file's getting big now, 3,366,444++ known bad sites.

It's taking a LOT longer now due to the size of the file nowadays.

This happened to me before.

I had an AMD DualCore that eventually, around 1++ million records, took 40 minutes to do that job on that number of records - I got the machine I listed, & that SAME DATA took only 15 minutes!

I was hoping for the same increase in speed/decrease in time for the process to finish, but... from what You're saying, there isn't MUCH of a boost (which is why I noted that those benchmarks *might* be deceiving).

I do know, however, that string processing work is HIGHLY CPU INTENSIVE - so, the only way to know, is to test on these high-end rigs nowadays.

APK

P.S.=> Hitting a gamer's forum might solve this: They tend to be helpful & have high end rigs (let them download the app, & process the initial data which is MUCH SMALLER than those millions of hosts file records I've built up here since 1997, by far (maybe 250,000 records, tops))... apk

I populate my custom hosts file via 12 reliable security community sources & articles + posts like yours (thanks) via APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o... to get more speed, security, reliability online & more (details shown in link as to those benefits specifically are enumerated there in that link).

* Courtesy "yours truly", 100% free & hosted + recommended by the BEST ( MalwareBytes ), on the planet per this very recent test of efficacyhttp://www.av-test.org/en/news/news-single-view/17-software-packages-in-a-repair-performance-test-after-malware-attacks/ on their website here -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

Enjoy... & kudos to you for having the good sense to use hosts files where they apply (TONS of places for more speed, security, & reliability online) AND your pointing out the article source which has MORE DATA on blocking this malwares' C&C servers etc., here -> http://blogs.cisco.com/securit... specifically/for your & others' reference!

APK

P.S.=> IMPORTANT: ANOTHER EXCELLENT SOURCE (vs. CryptoLocker that's FAR MORE COMPREHENSIVE) -> http://garwarner.blogspot.com/... (Gar Warner's excellent - He posts here & did once, hence how I obtained his excellent works' analysis...)... apk

It is more efficient & here's how you can get the best custom hosts there is easily http://it.slashdot.org/comment... from 12 reputable & reliable security community sources via this program of mine:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

(Details are there, or in the 1st link above, for what it can do for you for more speed, security, reliability, & even anonymity + more...)

* To quote Howard Stark from the film "Captain America":

"It's as strong as steel & a third the weight"

(Especially vs. browser addons,crippled by default OR owned by advertisers to be so, and in slower heavier messagepassing bound usermode vs. hosts in kernelmode, AND, vs. DNS, using less power, complexity + room for breakdown & slower remote queries by being the 1st default queried by the IP stack itself... complimenting DNS by lightening up request loads for admins of them AND fixing their redirect poisoned, DNS amp attacked, & downed issues...)

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy... apk

I populate my custom hosts file via 12 reliable security community sources & articles + posts like yours (thanks) via APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o... to get more speed, security, reliability online & more (details shown in link as to those benefits specifically are enumerated there in that link).

* Courtesy "yours truly", 100% free & hosted + recommended by the BEST security team, MalwareBytes, on the planet per this very recent test of efficacy http://www.av-test.org/en/news... on their website here -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... )

Enjoy... & kudos to you!

APK

P.S.=> "Onwards & UPWARDS"... apk

http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

* :)

(It was VERY EASY to dismantle your "so-called 'points'" point-by-invalid point on YOUR part, above... lol!)

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THIS TAKES THE CAKE FROM YOU, PER MY SUBJECT-LINE ABOVE:

"No wonder you're so retarded" - by Khyber (864651) on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @12:09PM (#48755857) Homepage

Face fact: I shot you down with your own words, quoted http://slashdot.org/comments.p... easily stating you KNOW DNS issues are solved for users via hosts!

FACT: Custom hosts files let you AVOID DNS totally & make you go faster via sites you spend most time on, resolving faster than remote DNS queries... by far!

E.G. -> For me, like it would for anyone else since folks online DO spend their time @ a limited number of websites mostly? It's 95++% more speed due to hardcoded hosts favorite sites @ the top of a hosts file (equating to roughly 2-3 million remotely slower DNS indexed entries with 25 of them here for example).

Do the math. It shows you the truth (which YOU don't & won't + CAN'T ADMIT, or you'll have MORE EGG ON YOUR FACE, Khyber)

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"keep on about a HOSTS file that won't protect against DNS poisoning (If your hard-coded IP/DNS entry gets fucked, you're fucked, stupid.)" - by Khyber (864651) on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @12:09PM (#48755857) Homepage

LMAO - Get ready to "eat your words" AGAIN, Khyber:

(Learn to read my posts, I already covered this vs. DNS & hosts hardcoded via my ability to write a program that the BEST security team on the planet per this very recent test http://www.av-test.org/en/news... RECOMMENDS & HOSTS MY PROGRAM, link below, on their website here -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... - how about you? Zero is what!)

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

See that page? It SHOWS how your "point" (not) is easily overcome by its "Speedup favorite sites" tab, dumbass!

APK

P.S.=> YOU fail, again...apk

"if someone changes their dns server (like, if they move to a new hosting provider) their site is now inaccessible to you until you refresh your list (being open to poison attacks again)" - by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @03:04PM (#48748587)

My program corrects for that in its speedup sites tab -> http://start64.com/index.php?o... stupid!

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"it needs to seed itself from somewhere. So if it is poisoned when you make the initial request (for seeding the file) then you are now going to be forever using the poisoned entry rather than getting the proper entry when the situation is fixed" - by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @03:04PM (#48748587)" - by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @03:04PM (#48748587)

It's "seeded"/populated by 12 reputable & reliable sites in the security community itself via my program (who check the validity of the data DUMBASS), + you can ALWAYS easily edit it yourself if need be...

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LASTLY (per my subject line above): DOWNMODDING TO TRY HIDE THIS KHYBER? http://slashdot.org/comments.p...

LMAO - clearly, that's "the best you got..." & nothing more (it's worth zero, like you, troll).

APK

P.S.=>

"by blocking all advertising, you hurt the sites you use" - by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @03:04PM (#48748587)" - by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @03:04PM (#48748587)

I held off on releasing it until I saw (since 2004) the malware explosion happen in ads (advertisers not only steal speed you paid for but also infect you stupid - they're negligent!)

So - want a sampling?

See where I spanked that blowhard raymorris on that very account here (100's of times How many times've adbanners infected us ray? onward here) -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

... apk

"if someone changes their dns server (like, if they move to a new hosting provider) their site is now inaccessible to you until you refresh your list (being open to poison attacks again)" - by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @03:04PM (#48748587)

My program corrects for that in its speedup sites tab -> http://start64.com/index.php?o... stupid!

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"it needs to seed itself from somewhere. So if it is poisoned when you make the initial request (for seeding the file) then you are now going to be forever using the poisoned entry rather than getting the proper entry when the situation is fixed" - by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @03:04PM (#48748587)

It's "seeded"/populated by 12 reputable & reliable sites in the security community itself via my program, + you can ALWAYS easily edit it yourself if need be...

APK

P.S.=>

"by blocking all advertising, you hurt the sites you use" - by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @03:04PM (#48748587)

I held off on releasing it until I saw (since 2004) the malware explosion happen in ads (advertisers not only steal speed you paid for but also infect you stupid - they're negligent!)

So - want a sampling?

See where I spanked that blowhard raymorris on that very account here (100's of times How many times've adbanners infected us ray? onward here) -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment...

... apk

Some of my favorites only:

Windows NT Magazine (now Windows IT Pro) April 1997 "BACK OFFICE PERFORMANCE" issue, page 61

(&, for work done for EEC Systems/SuperSpeed.com on PAID CONTRACT (writing portions of their SuperCache program increasing its performance by up to 40% via my work) albeit, for their SuperDisk & HOW TO APPLY IT, took them to a finalist position @ MS Tech Ed, two years in a row 2000-2002, in its HARDEST CATEGORY: SQLServer Performance Enhancement). Ask for CEO Mr. Eric Dickman regarding myself, Alex Kowalski.

WINDOWS MAGAZINE, 1997, "Top Freeware & Shareware of the Year" issue page 210, #1/first entry in fact (my work is there)

PC-WELT FEB 1998 - page 84, again, my work is featured there

WINDOWS MAGAZINE, WINTER 1998 - page 92, insert section, MUST HAVE WARES, my work is again, there

PC-WELT FEB 1999 - page 83, again, my work is featured there

CHIP Magazine 7/99 - page 100, my work is there

GERMAN PC BOOK, Data Becker publisher "PC Aufrusten und Repairen" 2000, where my work is contained in it

HOT SHAREWARE Numero 46 issue, pg. 54 (PC ware mag from Spain), 2001 my work is there, first one featured, yet again!

Also, a British PC Mag in 2002 for many utilities I wrote, saw it @ BORDERS BOOKS but didn't buy it... by that point, I had moved onto other areas in this field besides coding only...

Being paid for an article that made me money over @ PCPitstop in 2008 for writing up a guide that has people showing NO VIRUSES/SPYWARES & other screwups, via following its point, such as THRONKA sees here -> http://www.xtremepccentral.com...

It's also been myself helping out the folks at the UltraDefrag64 project (a 64-bit defragger for Windows), in showing them code for how to do Process Priority Control @ the GUI usermode/ring 3/rpl 3 level in their program (good one too), & being credited for it by their lead dev & his team... see here -> http://ultradefrag.sourceforge... or here http://sourceforge.net/tracker...

Which ended up fixing a "bug" for them later, here -> http://sourceforge.net/p/ultra... via its implementation (partially, NOT fully yet as I outline it & use in my applications such as this one -> http://www.start64.com/index.p...

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What do I have to say about that much above? I can't say it any better, than this was stated already (from the greatest book of all time, the "tech manual for life" imo):

"But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." - Corinthians Chapter 15, Verse 10

(And, because I got LUCKY to have been exposed to some really GREAT classmates, professors, & colleagues on the job over time as well)

APK

P.S.=> Happy now? apk

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit in 1 'standalone .exe' file -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* Didn't WANT 3rd party libs = "f-ups" depending on 'em fixing it IF they do (ala 1 of my 'competitors' doing so (not really: on the 'same team' w/ 'em in HostsMan & their use of SQLite))

There's that & another design decision that held me back from using it:

What if they went outta business or don't target 64-bit, & iirc? They don't, even now (could be wrong @ this time though) & I *had* to have it in MY program vs. HostsMan (only 32-bit & lacks hardcoded favs feature mine has theirs doesn't for more speed, & reliability as well as anonymity online it allows)

Mr. Steven Burn of MalwareBytes' hpHosts asked why I didn't just use SQLite like hostsman - there's my reasons & imo (especially based on this article)? Valid ones!

APK

P.S.=> Lastly, to the douchebags downmodding me:

You're a SKULKING NERD WORMS judging by unjustifiable downmod sneak crap a pud like that would pull & does his WHOLE LIFE which is *WHY* guys like me fucked your women in front of you & made you watch, lol!

(All you whimps can manage is downmods here http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... HERE http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... here http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... here http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... & here http://linux.slashdot.org/comm...)

Keep downmodding - unlike MOST ac's here? I can post unlimitedly, burning out your modpoints & outsmarting you lame weasels that act like bitches, & for the cost of a cut & paste, seconds only, lol!

You're a punk w/ NO BALLS & no skills obviously since all you have's unjustifiable downmods!

The downmodding WHIMPs are probably "networking/techie" menial nothing more - it's what KILLS "many eyes on the code" opensores bs since MOST of you useless fucks are only that & can't patch code to SAVE YOUR LIVES (especially PER THIS ARTICLE'S POINTS on those age old bugs)... apk

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit in 1 'standalone .exe' file -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* Didn't WANT to find out 3rd party libs = "f'd up" depending on 'em fixing it IF they do (ala 1 of my 'competitors' doing so (not really: on the 'same team' w/ 'emy, in HostsMan, & their use of SQLite))

There's that & another design decision that held me back from using it:

What if they went outta business or don't target 64-bit, & iirc? They don't, even now (could be wrong @ this time though) & I *had* to have it in MY program vs. HostsMan (only 32-bit & lacks hardcoded favs feature mine has theirs doesn't for more speed, & reliability as well as anonymity online it allows)

Mr. Steven Burn of MalwareBytes' hpHosts asked why I didn't just use SQLite like hostsman - there's my reasons & imo (especially based on this article)? Quite valid ones!

APK

P.S.=> Lastly, to the little douchebag downmodding me:

You're a SKULKING NERD WORM judging by the unjustifiable downmod sneak crap a pud like that would pull and does his WHOLE LIFE which is *WHY* guys like me fucked your women in front of you & made you watch, lol!

(Same post as this one http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... HERE http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... here http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... + here http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... later albeit MINUS a truthful closing ps this time)

Keep downmodding - unlike MOST ac's here? I can post unlimitedly, burning out your modpoints on you & outsmarting/outthinking you lame weasels that act like bitches, & for the cost of a cut & paste, seconds only, lol!

You're a punk with NO BALLS & no skills obviously since all you have is unjustifiable downmods!

The downmodding WHIMP's another "networking/techie" menial nothing more - it's what KILLS "many eyes on the code" opensores bs since MOST of you useless fucks are only that & can't patch code to SAVE YOUR LIVES (especially PER THIS ARTICLE'S POINTS on those age old bugs)... apk

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit in 1 'standalone .exe' file -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* Didn't WANT to find out a 3rd party lib's "f'd up" depending on 'em fixing it IF they do (ala 1 of my 'competitors' doing so (not really, on the 'same team' with them really, as in HostsMan, & their use of SQLite))

There's that & another design decision that held me back from using it:

What if they went outta business, or don't target 64-bit, & iirc? They don't, even now (could be wrong @ this time though) & I *had* to have it in MY program vs. HostsMan (only 32-bit & lacks hardcoded favs feature mine has theirs doesn't, for more speed, & reliability as well as anonymity online it allows)

Mr. Steven Burn of MalwareBytes' hpHosts asked why I didn't just use SQLite like hostsman - there's my reasons & imo (especially based on this article)? Quite valid ones... apk

APK

P.S.=> Lastly, to the little douchebag downmodding me:

You're a SKULKING NERD WORM judging by the unjustifiable downmod sneak crap a pud like that would pull and does his WHOLE LIFE which is *WHY* guys like me fucked your women in front of you & made you watch, lol!

(Same post as this one http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... HERE http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... here http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... + here later albeit MINUS a truthful closing ps this time)

Keep downmodding - unlike MOST ac's here? I can post unlimitedly eventually, burning out your modpoints on you & outsmarting/outthinking you lame weasels that act like bitches, & for the cost of a cut & paste, seconds only, lol!

You're a punk with NO BALLS & no skills obviously since all you have is unjustifiable downmods!

The downmodding WHIMP's another "networking/techie" menial nothing more - it's what KILLS "many eyes on the code" opensores bs since MOST of you useless fucks are only that & can't patch code to SAVE YOUR LIVES (especially PER THIS ARTICLE'S POINTS on those age old bugs)... apk

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit in 1 'standalone .exe' file -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* Didn't WANT to find out a 3rd party lib's "f'd up" depending on 'em fixing it IF they do @ all (ala 1 of my 'competitors' doing so (not really, on the 'same team' with them really, as in HostsMan, & their use of SQLite))

There's that & another design decision that held me back from using it:

What if they went outta business, or don't target 64-bit, & iirc? They don't, even now (could be wrong @ this time though) & I *had* to have it in MY program vs. HostsMan (only 32-bit & lacks hardcoded favs feature mine has theirs doesn't, for more speed, & reliability as well as anonymity online it allows)

Mr. Steven Burn of MalwareBytes' hpHosts asked why I didn't just use SQLite as hostsman does - THOSE were my reasons & imo (especially based on this article's premise)? Quite valid ones... apk

APK

P.S.=> Lastly, to the little douchebag downmodding me:

You're a SKULKING NERD WORM judging by the unjustifiable downmod sneak crap a pud like that would pull and does his WHOLE LIFE which is *WHY* guys like me fucked your women in front of you & made you watch, lol!

(Same post as this one http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... & HERE http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... & YET AGAIN here later albeit MINUS a truthful closing ps this time)

Keep downmodding - unlike MOST ac's here? I can post unlimitedly eventually, burning out your modpoints on you & outsmarting/outthinking you lame weasels that act like bitches, & for the cost of a cut & paste, seconds only, lol!

You're a punk with NO BALLS & no skills obviously since all you have is unjustifiable downmods!

The downmodding WHIMP's another "networking/techie" menial nothing more - it's what KILLS "many eyes on the code" opensores bs since MOST of you useless fucks are only that & can't patch code to SAVE YOUR LIVES (especially PER THIS ARTICLE'S POINTS on those age old bugs)... apk

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit in 1 'standalone .exe' file -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* Didn't WANT to find out a 3rd party lib's "f'd up" depending on 'em fixing it IF they do @ all (ala 1 of my 'competitors' doing so (not really, on the 'same team' with them really, as in HostsMan, & their use of SQLite))

There's that & another design decision that held me back from using it:

What if they went outta business, or don't target 64-bit, & iirc? They don't, even now (could be wrong @ this time though) & I *had* to have it in MY program vs. HostsMan (only 32-bit & lacks hardcoded favs feature mine has theirs doesn't, for more speed, & reliability as well as anonymity online it allows)

Mr. Steven Burn of MalwareBytes' hpHosts asked why I didn't just use SQLite as hostsman does - THOSE were my reasons & imo (especially based on this article's premise)? Quite valid ones... apk

APK

P.S.=> Lastly, to the little douchebag downmodding me:

You're a SKULKING NERD WORM judging by the unjustifiable downmod sneak crap a pud like that would pull and does his WHOLE LIFE which is *WHY* guys like me fucked your women in front of you & made you watch, lol!

(Same post as this one http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... & HERE AGAIN http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... later albeit MINUS a truthful closing ps this time)

Keep downmodding - unlike MOST ac's here? I can post unlimitedly eventually, burning out your modpoints on you & outsmarting/outthinking you lame weasels that act like bitches, & for the cost of a cut & paste, seconds only, lol!

You're a punk with NO BALLS & no skills obviously since all you have is unjustifiable downmods!

The downmodding WHIMP's another "networking/techie" menial nothing more - it's what KILLS "many eyes on the code" opensores bs since MOST of you useless fucks are only that & can't patch code to SAVE YOUR LIVES (especially PER THIS ARTICLE'S POINTS on those age old bugs)... apk

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit in 1 'standalone .exe' file -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* I didn't WANT to find out a 3rd party lib was "f'd up", & having to depend on them fixing it quickly either IF they do at all (ala 1 of my 'competitors' doing so (not really, on the 'same team' with them really, as in HostsMan, & their use of SQLite).

(There was also that, & another design decision that held me back from using it: What if they went outta business, or don't target 64-bit, & iirc? They don't, even now (could be wrong @ this timeframe though) & I *had* to have that in MY program vs. HostsMan (only 32-bit, & lacks hardcoded favs feature mine has, & theirs doesn't, for more speed, & reliability as well as anonymity online that feature affords)).

Mr. Steven Burn of MalwareBytes' hpHosts asked me why I didn't just use SQLite as hostsman does - THOSE were my reasons, & imo (especially based on this article's premise)?? Quite valid ones... apk

APK

P.S.=> Lastly, to the little douchebag who downmodded my post, doubtless a SKULKING NERD WORM, judging by the unjustifiable downmod sneak crap a pud like that would pull and does his WHOLE LIFE, which is *WHY* guys like me fucked your women in front of you & made you watch, lol!

(Same post as this one, earlier http://linux.slashdot.org/comm... MINUS this truthful closing ps this time of course):

You're a punk with NO BALLS & no skills obviously since all you have is unjustifiable downmods!

(Yes folks - the downmodding WHIMP's probably another "networking/techie" menial, nothing more - which IS what KILLS your "many eyes on the code" bullshit, lol, since MOST of you useless fucks are only that & couldn't patch code to SAVE YOUR LIVES - so, so much for "many eyes on the code" - especially PER THIS ARTICLE'S VERY VALID POINTS on those age old bugs))... apk

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit in 1 'standalone .exe' file -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* I didn't WANT to find out that a 3rd party lib was "f'd up", & having to depend on them fixing it quickly either IF they do at all (ala 1 of my 'competitors' doing so (not really, on the 'same team' with them really, as in HostsMan, & their use of SQLite).

(There was also that, & another design decision that held me back from using it: What if they went outta business, or don't target 64-bit, & iirc? They don't, even now (could be wrong @ this timeframe though) & I *had* to have that in MY program vs. HostsMan (only 32-bit, & lacks hardcoded favs feature mine has, & theirs doesn't, for more speed, & reliability as well as anonymity online that feature affords)).

APK

P.S.=> Mr. Steven Burn of MalwareBytes' hpHosts asked me why I didn't just use SQLite as hostsman does - THOSE were my reasons, & imo (especially based on this article's premise)?? Quite valid ones... apk

"Further, you've completely ignored spoofing of addresses combined with amplification attacks (send out a 64 byte DNS request pretending to be the DDoS target, get 4kB sent to the target)." - by DavidRawling (864446) on Friday December 26, 2014 @11:12AM (#48675603)

How/Why? Hosts files work for your favorite sites, avoiding DNS & also resolving FASTER locally from RAM once cached (most efficiently, since both the IP stack & local diskcache are KERNELMODE subsystems).

* You Fail...

(Me, by way of comparison? I don't: I actually built a program that populates hosts vs. botnets, & maliciously coded sites for more security, and for speed, those hardcoded favorite sites work for that as well as security vs. DNS amplification attack, moron... & for reliability as well, once those sites are either downed OR redirect poisoned)

I've built a tool that does ALL that, & more, for you -> http://start64.com/index.php?o... have you? Hell, no... lol!

APK

P.S.=> I've COMPLETELY TORN YOU UP, fool, on every one of your "so-called 'points'", easily... apk

They CAN function as decent indicators (provided this isn't some "brand new" site they haven't tested):

http://safeweb.norton.com/buzz
http://www.siteadvisor.com/
http://wepawet.iseclab.org/
http://www.mywot.com/en/commun...
http://www.virustotal.com/
http://www.mcafee.com/us/mcafe...
http://www.malwareurl.com/list...
http://cbl.abuseat.org/lookup....
http://www.threatstop.com/chec...
http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/s...

* You can run sites OR IP Addresses thru them to check *ANY* sites you wish that you're unsure of... enjoy!

APK

P.S.=> In fact, I built hooks into those into this application of mine (in its "Site Checkers" menu, pictured below) that allows users of my APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/84-bit-> http://start64.com/index.php?o... to answer the SAME basic question you have - in case they wish to remove any sites blocked in the hosts file data imported, these sites give them a FAR MORE DECENT INDICATOR than mere "word-of-mouth"... apk

"Or just kill the connection of infected machines at the ISP. It might ever increase awareness." - Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @06:41AM (#48703609) FROM -> http://mobile.slashdot.org/com...

See subject-line: That's one of the BEST (& most sensible + practical) approaches suggested here on /. (since the recent wave of DDoS attacks, e.g. SONY), imo...

NOW: As to what you CAN do vs. MANY TYPES of DDoS/DoS? Right here, listed (for Microsoft servers mostly, though there ARE some measures that'd apply to *NIX boxes also) -> http://games.slashdot.org/comm...

(I.E.-> It shows the parameters to use vs. "1/2 open connections" that aren't responding, or rather, CAPABLE of responding due to IP address spoofs etc., & turns them off as you see fit based on the parameters you set).

I agree with the AC poster I quoted above TOTALLY!

(Great idea: Cut the infected/infested boxes off, the owners WILL call the ISP once their service is interrupted, & they can be cleaned up @ that point, removing infestation that makes them DDoS "zombies"...)

APK

P.S.=> Of course there's ALSO DNS DDoS - & until DNS itself is fixed vs. it, the ONLY way I could think of (+ create a tool that protects you vs. bushwhacked DNS by avoiding it for your favorite sites you spend MOST of your time @ online) was this -> APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o... which a NICE part of "hardcoding" your fav sites not only protects you vs. DNS being downed or redirect poisoned (which 99.999% of ISP dns are NOT patched vs. the kaminsky flaw), but, also speeds you up, by resolving host-domain names to their IP address locally, cached in memory, faster than remote DNS resolutions too (double-bonus) - enjoy (it works, & to quote Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"? Well, hey: "It's stronger than steel, & a third the weight" of other "so-called 'solutions'"...)

... apk

"Or just kill the connection of infected machines at the ISP. It might ever increase awareness." - Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @06:41AM (#48703609)

See subject-line: That's one of the BEST (& most sensible + practical) approaches suggested here imo...

NOW: As to what you CAN do vs. MANY TYPES of DDoS/DoS? Right here, listed (for Microsoft servers mostly, though there ARE some measures that'd apply to *NIX boxes also) -> http://games.slashdot.org/comm...

(I.E.-> It shows the parameters to use vs. "1/2 open connections" that aren't responding, or rather, CAPABLE of responding due to IP address spoofs etc., & turns them off as you see fit based on the parameters you set).

I agree with you TOTALLY though - great idea: Cut the infected/infested boxes off, the owners WILL call the ISP once their service is interrupted, & they can be cleaned up @ that point, removing infestation that makes them DDoS "zombies"...

APK

P.S.=> Of course there's ALSO DNS DDoS - & until DNS itself is fixed vs. it, the ONLY way I could think of (+ create a tool that protects you vs. bushwhacked DNS by avoiding it for your favorite sites you spend MOST of your time @ online) was this -> APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o... which a NICE part of "hardcoding" your fav sites not only protects you vs. DNS being downed or redirect poisoned (which 99.999% of ISP dns are NOT patched vs. the kaminsky flaw), but, also speeds you up, by resolving host-domain names to their IP address locally, cached in memory, faster than remote DNS resolutions too (double-bonus) - enjoy (it works, & to quote Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"? Well, hey: "It's stronger than steel, & a third the weight" of other "so-called 'solutions'"...)

... apk

A FREE hosts program adds speed, security, & reliability, doing more, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

---

A.) Hosts do more than:

1.) AdBlock ("souled-out" 2 Google/Crippled by default http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... )
2.) Ghostery =Advertiser owned - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
3.) Request Policy -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...

B.) Hosts add reliability vs. downed/redirected dns (& overcome site redirects e.g. /. beta).

C.) Hosts secure vs. malicious domains too -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... w/ less "moving parts" complexity

D.) Hosts files yield more:

1.) Speed (adblock & hardcodes fav sites - faster than remote dns)
2.) Security (vs. malicious domains serving malcontent + block spam/phish & trackers)
3.) Reliability (vs. downed or Kaminsky redirect vulnerable dns, 99% = unpatched vs. it & worst @ isp level + weak vs DGA, & Fastflux + dynDNS botnets)
4.) Anonymity (vs. dns request logs + dnsbl's).

---

* Hosts do more w/ less (1 file) @ faster levels (ring 0) vs redundant inefficient addons (slowing slower ring 3 browsers) via filtering 4 the IP stack (coded in C, loads w/ os, & 1st net resolver queried w\ 45++ yrs.of optimization).
* Addons = more complex + slow browsers in messagepassing (use a few concurrently & see) & are nullified by native browser methods - It's how Clarityray's destroying Adblock.
* Addons slowup slower usermode browsers layering on more - & bloat RAM consumption + excessive cpu use too (4++gb extra in FireFox https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth...)

Instead, work w/ a more capable native kernelmode part you already have - hosts (An integrated part of the ip stack)

APK

P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"

...apk

A FREE hosts program adds speed, security, & reliability, doing more, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

---

A.) Hosts do more than:

1.) AdBlock ("souled-out" 2 Google/Crippled by default http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... )
2.) Ghostery = Advertiser owned - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
3.) Request Policy -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...

B.) Hosts add reliability vs. downed/redirected dns (& overcome site redirects e.g. /. beta).

C.) Hosts secure vs. malicious domains too -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... w/ less "moving parts" complexity

D.) Hosts files yield more:

1.) Speed (adblock & hardcodes fav sites - faster than remote dns)
2.) Security (vs. malicious domains serving malcontent + block spam/phish & trackers)
3.) Reliability (vs. downed or Kaminsky redirect vulnerable dns, 99% = unpatched vs. it & worst @ isp level + weak vs DGA, & Fastflux + dynDNS botnets)
4.) Anonymity (vs. dns request logs + dnsbl's).

---

* Hosts do more w/ less (1 file) @ faster levels (ring 0) vs redundant inefficient addons (slowing slower ring 3 browsers) via filtering 4 the IP stack (coded in C, loads w/ os, & 1st net resolver queried w\ 45++ yrs.of optimization).
* Addons = more complex + slow browsers in messagepassing (use a few concurrently & see) & are nullified by native browser methods - It's how Clarityray's destroying Adblock.
* Addons slowup slower usermode browsers layering on more - & bloat RAM consumption + excessive cpu use too (4++gb extra in FireFox https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth...)

Instead, work w/ a more capable native kernelmode part you already have - hosts (An integrated part of the ip stack)

APK

P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"

...apk

Article submitter here: This-> http://start64.com/index.php?o... solves THIS & other DNS issues by avoiding it FOR FAVORITE SITES (emphasizing that for the moron who downmddded me earlier on this same post since HE's ILLITERATE-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment... & LATER HERE AGAIN http://it.slashdot.org/comment... w/ BOTH POSTS pointing that out to him)...

ALL operating locally from RAM + your IP stack (hosts file) & diskcaching kernelmode subsystems (less messagepassing overheads & GREATER EFFICIENCY by far being ALL in ring 0/kernelmode native parts you already have that are proven + refined - For going faster, safer, & more reliably online).

* Enjoy...

---

I.E./E.G.-> I do for 24 of my fav. sites I spend 95++% of my time online, placing them @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too (or exploited ones per this article), & it ends up resolving sites FASTER locally from RAM once cached.

Equating to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed REMOTE DNS lookups worth saved (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure mostly) & works for me locally faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more 95++% of the time (per my router logs analyzed on where I spend my time online MOSTLY).

---

Now - Sub 4% of the time when I DO use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters) BOTH in my router/firewall + OS IP Stack settings.

APK

P.S.=> It's 100% free, & works doing MORE with LESS, no less (especially vs. other "so-called 'solutions'", it's "Stronger than steel & a 3rd the weight" ala Howard Stark) & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

A FREE hosts program adds speed, security, & reliability, doing more, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

---

A.) Hosts do more than:

1.) AdBlock ("souled-out" 2 Google/Crippled by default http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... )
2.) Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
3.) Request Policy -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...

B.) Hosts add reliability vs. downed/redirected dns (& overcome site redirects e.g. /. beta).

C.) Hosts secure vs. malicious domains too -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... w/ less "moving parts" complexity

D.) Hosts files yield more:

1.) Speed (adblock & hardcodes fav sites - faster than remote dns)
2.) Security (vs. malicious domains serving malcontent + block spam/phish & trackers)
3.) Reliability (vs. downed or Kaminsky redirect vulnerable dns, 99% = unpatched vs. it & worst @ isp level + weak vs DGA, & Fastflux + dynDNS botnets)
4.) Anonymity (vs. dns request logs + dnsbl's).

---

* Hosts do more w/ less (1 file) @ faster levels (ring 0) vs redundant inefficient addons (slowing slower ring 3 browsers) via filtering 4 the IP stack (coded in C, loads w/ os, & 1st net resolver queried w\ 45++ yrs.of optimization).
* Addons = more complex + slow browsers in messagepassing (use a few concurrently & see) & are nullified by native browser methods - It's how Clarityray's destroying Adblock.
* Addons slowup slower usermode browsers layering on more - & bloat RAM consumption + excessive cpu use too (4++gb extra in FireFox https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth...)

Instead, work w/ a more capable native kernelmode part you already have - hosts (An integrated part of the ip stack)

APK

P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"

...apk

A FREE hosts program adds speed, security, & reliability, doing more, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

---

A.) Hosts do more than:

1.) AdBlock ("souled-out" 2 Google/Crippled by default http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... )
2.) Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
3.) Request Policy -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...

B.) Hosts add reliability vs. downed/redirected dns (& overcome site redirects e.g. /. beta).

C.) Hosts secure vs. malicious domains too -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... w/ less "moving parts" complexity

D.) Hosts files yield more:

1.) Speed (adblock & hardcodes fav sites - faster than remote dns)
2.) Security (vs. malicious domains serving malcontent + block spam/phish & trackers)
3.) Reliability (vs. downed or Kaminsky redirect vulnerable dns, 99% = unpatched vs. it & worst @ isp level + weak vs DGA, & Fastflux + dynDNS botnets)
4.) Anonymity (vs. dns request logs + dnsbl's).

---

* Hosts do more w/ less (1 file) @ faster levels (ring 0) vs redundant inefficient addons (slowing slower ring 3 browsers) via filtering 4 the IP stack (coded in C, loads w/ os, & 1st net resolver queried w\ 45++ yrs.of optimization).
* Addons = more complex + slow browsers in messagepassing (use a few concurrently & see) & are nullified by native browser methods - It's how Clarityray's destroying Adblock.
* Addons slowup slower usermode browsers layering on more - & bloat RAM consumption + excessive cpu use too (4++gb extra in FireFox https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth...)

Instead, work w/ a more capable native kernelmode part you already have - hosts (An integrated part of the ip stack)

APK

P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"

...apk

A FREE hosts program adds speed, security, & reliability, doing more, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

---

A.) Hosts do more than:

1.) AdBlock ("souled-out" 2 Google/Crippled by default http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... )
2.) Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
3.) Request Policy -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...

B.) Hosts add reliability vs. downed/redirected dns (& overcome site redirects e.g. /. beta).

C.) Hosts secure vs. malicious domains too -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... w/ less "moving parts" complexity

D.) Hosts files yield more:

1.) Speed (adblock & hardcodes fav sites - faster than remote dns)
2.) Security (vs. malicious domains serving malcontent + block spam/phish & trackers)
3.) Reliability (vs. downed or Kaminsky redirect vulnerable dns, 99% = unpatched vs. it & worst @ isp level + weak vs DGA, & Fastflux + dynDNS botnets)
4.) Anonymity (vs. dns request logs + dnsbl's).

---

* Hosts do more w/ less (1 file) @ faster levels (ring 0) vs redundant inefficient addons (slowing slower ring 3 browsers) via filtering 4 the IP stack (coded in C, loads w/ os, & 1st net resolver queried w\ 45++ yrs.of optimization).
* Addons = more complex + slow browsers in messagepassing (use a few concurrently & see) & are nullified by native browser methods - It's how Clarityray's destroying Adblock.
* Addons slowup slower usermode browsers layering on more - & bloat RAM consumption + excessive cpu use too (4++gb extra in FireFox https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth...)

Instead, work w/ a more capable native kernelmode part you already have - hosts (An integrated part of the ip stack)

APK

P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"

...apk

A FREE hosts program adds speed, security, & reliability, doing more, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

---

A.) Hosts do more than:

1.) AdBlock ("souled-out" 2 Google/Crippled by default http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... )
2.) Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
3.) Request Policy -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...

B.) Hosts add reliability vs. downed/redirected dns (& overcome site redirects e.g. /. beta).

C.) Hosts secure vs. malicious domains too -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... w/ less "moving parts" complexity

D.) Hosts files yield more:

1.) Speed (adblock & hardcodes fav sites - faster than remote dns)
2.) Security (vs. malicious domains serving malcontent + block spam/phish & trackers)
3.) Reliability (vs. downed or Kaminsky redirect vulnerable dns, 99% = unpatched vs. it & worst @ isp level + weak vs DGA, & Fastflux + dynDNS botnets)
4.) Anonymity (vs. dns request logs + dnsbl's).

---

* Hosts do more w/ less (1 file) @ faster levels (ring 0) vs redundant inefficient addons (slowing slower ring 3 browsers) via filtering 4 the IP stack (coded in C, loads w/ os, & 1st net resolver queried w\ 45++ yrs.of optimization).
* Addons = more complex + slow browsers in messagepassing (use a few concurrently & see) & are nullified by native browser methods - It's how Clarityray's destroying Adblock.
* Addons slowup slower usermode browsers layering on more - & bloat RAM consumption + excessive cpu use too (4++gb extra in FireFox https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth...)

Instead, work w/ a more capable native kernelmode part you already have - hosts (An integrated part of the ip stack)

APK

P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"

...apk

See subject: One I built myself that works- Do YOU? No!

In fact not only do I help end users not get hurt by this using hosts in this article's posts but I offered TONS of mitigation support vs. DDoS/DoS of *most* kinds here -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment... - so AGAIN: Do you? No.

* Man... lol: It's SO painfully obvious YOU are the one downmodding my posts like you did this very one too no less earlier-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment... to "hide" your fails (we see it anyways) since you posted ac to avoid removing those bogus downmods of yours! )

APK

P.S.=>

"The reason you always get modded down is because a) you're spamming your own personal 'service'' - by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 26, 2014 @09:07AM (#48675089)

See above, & "tell us another one", Mr. AC "ne'er-do-well"... ok? Good... @ least I OFFER ONE THAT WORKS that I built myself, for others... you haven't & CAN'T (being the no-talent DOUCHE that you are, windbag).

---

""and b) you're a pompous dick about it. - by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 26, 2014 @09:07AM (#48675089)

You're a do-nothing "ne'er-do-well" that can't develop something BETTER than I have for end users in my hosts program -> http://start64.com/index.php?o... that's recommended & HOSTED by hpHosts' malwarebytes http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... no less (as reputable as it gets) which YES, works to protect end users here AND vs. MANY OTHER TYPES OF THREATS ONLINE, and yet it makes them FASTER too (do any other security solutions? No, not really... they slow you down!)

---

"Your posts are also a disjointed, rambling series of poorly connected sentences which consist mainly of misused and/or unrelated buzzwords and jargon. - by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 26, 2014 @09:07AM (#48675089)

And lastly, after that crap of yours? You're a full of shit LAZY "ne'er-do-well" that can't manage to build his OWN solutions as I have (much less share them with others, freely, no charge/no strings attached)... apk

Article submitter here: This-> http://start64.com/index.php?o... solves THIS & other DNS issues by avoiding it FOR FAVORITE SITES (emphasizing that for the moron who downmddded me earlier on this same post since HE's ILLITERATE-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment... & LATER HERE AGAIN http://it.slashdot.org/comment... w/ BOTH POSTS pointing that out to him)...

ALL operating locally from RAM + your IP stack (hosts file) & diskcaching kernelmode subsystems (less messagepassing overheads & GREATER EFFICIENCY by far being ALL in ring 0/kernelmode native parts you already have that are proven + refined - For going faster, safer, & more reliably online).

* Enjoy...

---

I.E./E.G.-> I do for 24 of my fav. sites I spend 95++% of my time online, placing them @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too (or exploited ones per this article), & it ends up resolving sites FASTER locally from RAM once cached.

Equating to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed REMOTE DNS lookups worth saved (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure mostly) & works for me locally faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more 95++% of the time (per my router logs analyzed on where I spend my time online MOSTLY).

---

Now - Sub 4% of the time when I DO use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters) BOTH in my router/firewall + OS IP Stack settings.

APK

P.S.=> It's 100% free, & works doing MORE with LESS, no less (especially vs. other "so-called 'solutions'", it's "Stronger than steel and a 3rd the weight" ala Howard Stark) & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

See subject-line: That I built myself that works- Do YOU? LOL, hell no!

In fact not only do I help end users not get hurt by this using hosts in this article's posts, but I also offer TONS of mitigation support vs. DDoS/DoS of *most* kinds, here -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment... - so AGAIN: Do you? No.

* Go away, puny ac troll!

(Man... it's obvious YOU are the one downmodding my posts, asshole, since you posted ac to avoid removing those bogus downmods of yours! )

APK

P.S.=>

"The reason you always get modded down is because a) you're spamming your own personal 'service'' - by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 26, 2014 @09:07AM (#48675089)

See above, & "tell us another one", Mr. AC "ne'er-do-well"... ok? Good... @ least I OFFER ONE THAT WORKS that I built myself, for others... you haven't (being the no-talent DOUCHE that you are, windbag).

---

"and b) you're a pompous dick about it.'' - by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 26, 2014 @09:07AM (#48675089)

You're a do-nothing "ne'er-do-well" that can't develop something BETTER than I have for end users in my hosts program -> http://start64.com/index.php?o... which YES, works to protect end users here AND vs. MANY OTHER TYPES OF THREATS ONLINE, and yet it makes them FASTER too (do any other security solutions? No, not really... they slow you down!)

---

"Your posts are also a disjointed, rambling series of poorly connected sentences which consist mainly of misused and/or unrelated buzzwords and jargon.'' - by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 26, 2014 @09:07AM (#48675089)

And lastly, after that crap of yours? You're a full of shit LAZY "ne'er-do-well" that can't manage to build his OWN solutions as I have (much less share them with others, freely, no charge/no strings attached)... apk

Article submitter here too: This-> http://start64.com/index.php?o... solves THIS & other problems w/ DNS by avoiding it totally FOR YOUR FAVORITE SITES (emphasizing that point for the moron who downmddded me earlier on this same post here since HE CAN'T READ-> http://it.slashdot.org/comment... that was my reply to his illiterate/adhd ass, pointing that out to him) & operating locally from RAM, your IP stack (hosts file), & diskcaching kernelmode subsystems (less messagepassing overheads, native parts you already have that are proven, work + refined - For going faster, safer, and more reliably online).

* Enjoy...

I do for 24 of my fav. sites I spend 95++% of my time online, placing them @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too (or exploited ones per this article), & it ends up resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups worth saved (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too) BOTH in my router/firewall + OS IP Stack settings.

APK

P.S.=> It's 100% free, & it works ("Stronger than steel and a 3rd the weight" ala Howard Stark) - No strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

Article submitter here too: This http://start64.com/index.php?o... solves problems w/ DNS by avoiding it totally & operating locally from RAM, your IP stack (hosts file), & diskcaching kernelmode subsystems (less messagepassing overheads, native parts you already have that are proven, work + refined - For going faster, safer, and more reliably online).

* Enjoy...

I do for 24 of my fav. sites I spend 95++% of my time online, placing them @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too (or exploited ones per this article), & it ends up resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups worth saved (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too) BOTH in my router/firewall + OS IP Stack settings.

APK

P.S.=> It's 100% free, works ("Stronger than steel and a 3rd the weight" ala Howard Stark) - No strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

A FREE hosts program adds speed, security, & reliability, doing more, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

---

A.) Hosts do more than:

1.) AdBlock ("souled-out" 2 Google/Crippled by default http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... )
2.) Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
3.) Request Policy -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...

B.) Hosts add reliability vs. downed/redirected dns (& overcome site redirects e.g. /. beta).

C.) Hosts secure vs. malicious domains too -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... w/ less "moving parts" complexity

D.) Hosts files yield more:

1.) Speed (adblock & hardcodes fav sites - faster than remote dns)
2.) Security (vs. malicious domains serving malcontent + block spam/phish & trackers)
3.) Reliability (vs. downed or Kaminsky redirect vulnerable dns, 99% = unpatched vs. it & worst @ isp level + weak vs DGA, & Fastflux + dynDNS botnets)
4.) Anonymity (vs. dns request logs + dnsbl's).

---

* Hosts do more w/ less (1 file) @ faster levels (ring 0) vs redundant inefficient addons (slowing slower ring 3 browsers) via filtering 4 the IP stack (coded in C, loads w/ os, & 1st net resolver queried w\ 45++ yrs.of optimization).
* Addons = more complex + slow browsers in messagepassing (use a few concurrently & see) & are nullified by native browser methods - It's how Clarityray's destroying Adblock.
* Addons slowup slower usermode browsers layering on more - & bloat RAM consumption + excessive cpu use too (4++gb extra in FireFox https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth...)

Instead, work w/ a more capable native kernelmode part you already have - hosts (An integrated part of the ip stack)

APK

P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"

...apk

BYPASS poisoned DNS using hosts for favorite sites online (it works just as it does for the SONY/Hollywood debacle yesterday -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... ).

I do for 24 of my favorite sites @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too, resolving sites FASTER locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups (in wasted time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

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I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique WITH THE PROTECTION IT AFFORDS, & EVEN MORE SPEED, by blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works better + more efficiently than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solution'" out there, bar-none...

The page lists SOME of what hosts can do for you, in added speed, security, reliability, (& even anonymity to an extent in the latter only).

( Nice part, how hosts compliment DNS Besides overcoming its security issues, such as this one & others shown, etc.? Hosts used thus also lightens dns server request loads - admins of them should like that...)

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

BYPASS the now poisoned DNS using hosts for favorite sites online (it works, just as it does for the SONY/Hollywood debacle yesterday -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... ).

I do for 24 of my favorite sites @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too, resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

---

I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique & blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works (better than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solutions'" out there, bar-none)... the page lists SOME of what hosts can do for you, in added speed, security, reliability, (& even anonymity to an extent in the latter only).

Nice part, how hosts compliment DNS Besides overcoming its security issues, such as this one & others shown, etc.? Hosts used thus also lightens dns server request loads - admins of them should like that...

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apkb

See subject: My program helps you do so in its "Speedup Favorite Sites" tab http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* Simple!

APK

P.S.=> Additionally, though I *really* shouldn't have to say it: Most GOOD website operators LET YOU KNOW they're doing so (usually when they find a better hosting plan that costs less, etc.)... apk

BYPASS the now poisoned DNS using hosts for favorite sites online (it works, just as it does for the SONY/Hollywood debacle yesterday -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... )

I do for 24 of my favorite sites where I spend 95++% of my time online @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too, resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

---

I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique & blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works (better than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solutions'" out there, bar-none)... the page lists SOME of what hosts can do for you, in added speed, security, reliability, (& even anonymity to an extent in the latter only).

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

For 24 of my favorite sites hardcoded @ TOP of hosts avoiding DNS totally & resolving host-domain/subdomain to IP locally, faster from LOCAL system diskcache via a system of 100% pure kernelmode code (diskcache subsystem & tcpip.sys) accessed memory.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups saved doing hosts hardcodes, vs. wasting time querying remote DNS (which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, completely under MY control!

I also redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too.

Thus, I surf FAR faster & more reliably by far (again even vs. such DNS exploits this article notes + far more), & 95++% of the time I do it here, the fastest possible from the 1st IP resolver queried by default (per my router logs my fav sites ARE where I am, literally, 95++% of the time online too) - pure kernelmode systems operations too, no less (no usermode bs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

Using sites like this one (a news aggregator) helps me stop "hopping all over" too.

I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique & blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works (better than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solutions'" out there, bar-none).

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

Go faster & safer doing so - I do it for 24 of my favorite sites @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too, resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

Using sites like this one (a news aggregator) helps me stop "hopping all over" too - I get solid critique (minus troll b.s. that is) vs. MORE than potential 'agenda furthering' & 1/2 baked analysis from users of such sites too.

I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique & blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works (better than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solutions'" out there, bar-none)... the page lists SOME of what hosts can do for you, in added speed, security, reliability, (& even anonymity to an extent in the latter only).

HOWEVER - Hosts work in IPv6 & more efficiently since :: = 0.0.0.0 (for blocking).

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

Go faster & safer via hosts - I do for 24 fav. sites @ TOP of hosts to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too, resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

Using sites like this one (a news aggregator) helps me stop "hopping all over" too - I get solid critique (minus troll b.s. that is) vs. MORE than potential 'agenda furthering' & 1/2 baked analysis from users of such sites too.

I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique & blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works (better than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solutions'" out there, bar-none)... the page lists SOME of what hosts can do for you, in added speed, security, reliability, (& even anonymity to an extent in the latter only).

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

Go faster & safer via hosts you have already natively - I do for 24 of my fav. sites I spend 95++% of my time online, placing them @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too, resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

Using sites like this one (a news aggregator) helps me stop "hopping all over" too - I get solid critique (minus troll b.s. that is) vs. MORE than potential 'agenda furthering' & 1/2 baked analysis from users of such sites too.

I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique & blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works (better than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solutions'" out there, bar-none)... the page lists SOME of what hosts can do for you, in added speed, security, reliability, (& even anonymity to an extent in the latter only).

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

Go faster & safer doing so - I do it for 24 of my favorite sites @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too, resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

Using sites like this one (a news aggregator) helps me stop "hopping all over" too - I get solid critique (minus troll b.s. that is) vs. MORE than potential 'agenda furthering' & 1/2 baked analysis from users of such sites too.

I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique & blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works (better than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solutions'" out there, bar-none)... the page lists SOME of what hosts can do for you, in added speed, security, reliability, (& even anonymity to an extent in the latter only).

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

Go faster & safer using hosts files - I do for 24 favorite sites @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too, resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

Using sites like this one (a news aggregator) helps me stop "hopping all over" too - I get solid critique (minus troll b.s. that is) vs. MORE than potential 'agenda furthering' & 1/2 baked analysis from users of such sites too.

I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique & blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works (better than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solutions'" out there, bar-none)... the page lists SOME of what hosts can do for you, in added speed, security, reliability, (& even anonymity to an extent in the latter only).

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

Go faster & safer doing so - I do it for 24 of my favorite sites @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too, resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

Using sites like this one (a news aggregator) helps me stop "hopping all over" too - I get solid critique (minus troll b.s. that is) vs. MORE than potential 'agenda furthering' & 1/2 baked analysis from users of such sites too.

I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique & blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works (better than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solutions'" out there, bar-none)... the page lists SOME of what hosts can do for you, in added speed, security, reliability, (& even anonymity to an extent in the latter only).

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

Go faster & safer doing so - I do it for 24 of my favorite sites @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too, resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

Using sites like this one (a news aggregator) helps me stop "hopping all over" too - I get solid critique (minus troll b.s. that is) vs. MORE than potential 'agenda furthering' & 1/2 baked analysis from users of such sites too.

I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique & blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works (better than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solutions'" out there, bar-none)... the page lists SOME of what hosts can do for you, in added speed, security, reliability, (& even anonymity to an extent in the latter only).

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

Go faster & safer doing so - I do it for 24 of my favorite sites @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too, resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

Using sites like this one (a news aggregator) helps me stop "hopping all over" too - I get solid critique (minus troll b.s. that is) vs. MORE than potential 'agenda furthering' & 1/2 baked analysis from users of such sites too.

I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique & blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works (better than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solutions'" out there, bar-none)... the page lists SOME of what hosts can do for you, in added speed, security, reliability, (& even anonymity to an extent in the latter only).

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

Go faster & safer doing so - I do it for 24 of my favorite sites @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too, resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

Using sites like this one (a news aggregator) helps me stop "hopping all over" too - I get solid critique (minus troll b.s. that is) vs. MORE than potential 'agenda furthering' & 1/2 baked analysis from users of such sites too.

I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique & blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works (better than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solutions'" out there, bar-none)... the page lists SOME of what hosts can do for you, in added speed, security, reliability, (& even anonymity to an extent in the latter only).

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

Go faster & safer doing so - I do it for 24 of my favorite sites @ the TOP of my hosts file to avoid DNS redirect poisoning (kaminsky bug, of which 99.999% of ISP DNS are *NOT PATCHED* against mind you) & downed DNS too, resolving sites FASTER, locally from RAM, once cached.

That equates to approximately 2-3 MILLION indexed lookups (wasting time querying remote DNS which is exploitable as hell & insecure, mostly) & works for me locally, faster & more reliably by far vs. such exploits this article notes + more, & 95++% of the time (per my router logs).

Now - Sub 4% of the time, when I DO have to use remote DNS, I use OpenDNS (secured, filtered vs. threats, patched vs. the Kaminsky flaw & DNSSEC secured to its upstream updaters too).

Using sites like this one (a news aggregator) helps me stop "hopping all over" too - I get solid critique (minus troll b.s. that is) vs. MORE than potential 'agenda furthering' & 1/2 baked analysis from users of such sites too.

I use this to create such a useful file in hosts (to get more speed via the above technique & blocking ads, protection vs. exploits from botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS server, malicious script housing sites/servers, known bad domains-subdomains/hosts, phish/spam, etc. - et al):

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

* It works (better than *ANY* SINGLE "so-called 'solutions'" out there, bar-none)... the page lists SOME of what hosts can do for you, in added speed, security, reliability, (& even anonymity to an extent in the latter only).

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy - it's 100% free, no strings attached, & my program is recommended + hosted by MalwareBytes' hpHosts (reputable + reliable as it gets) -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...

... apk

See subject above & this analysis https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... : Hosts files by comparison, don't & do FAR more (15x more in fact), & with less resource consumption by FAR -> http://developers.slashdot.org...

APK

P.S.=> If ads wouldn't have begun infecting us since 2004 like mad ontop of stealing bandwidth I paid out for monthly, then, they wouldn't be in such trouble financially & I WOULDN'T HAVE PUT MY APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit out http://start64.com/index.php?o... & yes - I "held off" releasing it in fact, had it ready in late 2003 but out of respect for webmasters, I held off until mid 2012 but the ads infecting us made me release it more than anything (the advertisers & webmasters' negligence is @ fault there, no questions asked)... apk

A FREE hosts program adds speed, security, & reliability, doing more, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?o...

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A.) Hosts do more than:

1.) AdBlock ("souled-out" 2 Google/Crippled by default http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/... )
2.) Ghostery (Advertiser owned) - "Fox guards henhouse" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
3.) Request Policy -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...

B.) Hosts add reliability vs. downed/redirected dns (& overcome site redirects e.g. /. beta).

C.) Hosts secure vs. malicious domains too -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... w/ less "moving parts" complexity

D.) Hosts files yield more:

1.) Speed (adblock & hardcodes fav sites - faster than remote dns)
2.) Security (vs. malicious domains serving malcontent + block spam/phish & trackers)
3.) Reliability (vs. downed or Kaminsky redirect vulnerable dns, 99% = unpatched vs. it & worst @ isp level + weak vs DGA, & Fastflux + dynDNS botnets)
4.) Anonymity (vs. dns request logs + dnsbl's).

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* Hosts do more w/ less (1 file) @ faster levels (ring 0) vs redundant inefficient addons (slowing slower ring 3 browsers) via filtering 4 the IP stack (coded in C, loads w/ os, & 1st net resolver queried w\ 45++ yrs.of optimization).
* Addons = more complex + slow browsers in messagepassing (use a few concurrently & see) & are nullified by native browser methods - It's how Clarityray's destroying Adblock.
* Addons slowup slower usermode browsers layering on more - & bloat RAM consumption + excessive cpu use too (4++gb extra in FireFox https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth...)

Instead, work w/ a more capable native kernelmode part you already have - hosts (An integrated part of the ip stack)

APK

P.S.=> "The premise is quite simple: Take something designed by nature & reprogram it to make it work for the body rather than against it..." - Dr. Alice Krippen: "I am legend"

...apk

I created APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o... to do the MOST comprehensive job possible (populating my custom hosts file from 12 reputable & reliable sources in the security community for that data) vs. botnets, malicious script housing sites, servers serving up malware, ad banner blocking (to get my speed/bandwidth I paid for back & to protect myself vs. maliciously scripted ads, trackers, phish/spam payloads, of which since 2004 there have been TONS), etc. - et al.

To stop IP Address based attacks & tracking etc. (vs. domain-subdomain names that hosts uses, by far the most used vs. ip addresses due to fastflux &/or dynamic DNS using botnets, which use host-domain names to skirt by firewalls by changing IP addresses on domain/host names)?

I did a firewall ruleset for Windows -> hhttp://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5117369&cid=46916145 to shear away trackers & such that you DON'T see (like you do ads for instance).

* It works... evidently, SO WELL, that someone couldn't disprove my points validly in this exchange & downmodded this same post, both here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... AND HERE too http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... which says WORLDS on the validly & strength of this post (as well as hosts combined with firewalls).

APK

P.S.=> I use another tool by NIRSOFT to monitor these things: Network Latency Viewer, which does the same thing (it was useful for populating that firewall rules list in the 2nd link above). In the end - Good choices on your part by-the-by, & "Great Minds Think Alike"... apk