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Google, Amazon, Microsoft Reportedly Paid AdBlock Plus To Unblock
RoccamOccam writes with the following news from The Register: Internet giants Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Taboola have reportedly paid AdBlock Plus to allow their ads to pass through its filter software. The confidential deals were confirmed by the Financial Times, the paper reported today [Paywalled].
From the Register's article: Eyeo GmbH, the German startup behind Adblock Plus, said it did not wish to comment. So far more than 300 million users have downloaded its software, it said. The add-on is free to download, with Eyeo generating revenue through its "whitelisting" programme. Companies can request their ads to be unblocked as long as they comply with AdBlock's "acceptable ads" policy. Large companies pay a fee for the service.
'nough said.
"Companies can request their ads to be unblocked as long as they comply with AdBlock's "acceptable ads" policy. Large companies pay a fee for the service."
How is this news? Seriously, how?
More seriously though, this looks very bad on AdBlock. I'm a user on firefox, and am quite unhappy at this.
Some people get AdBlock to avoid intrusive adverts. I don't see this being a problem for them.
However some, such as myself, use AdBlock as part of an anti-tracking solution. This concerns me more.
AdBlock - good. AdBlock Plus - crap.
I'd assume (without further info) that this is about the "allow some non-intrusive advertising" checkbox you get in the filter options. It's on by default, but when you install adblock (as I did a few days ago) it one of the things you go through when the configuration dialog pops up.
It links to: https://adblockplus.org/en/acc...
It's not perfect in that it's on by default, but it's easy enough to disable. Perhaps they could improve it by tying this checkbox to your "do not track" preference?
Everyone running ad blocking software is not sustainable, since ads pay for a lot of stuff. People also don't want to have to directly pay for things (plus, could you imagine if every website was paywalled?)
Seems to me that the best solution is to just run unintrusive ads. People don't really mind ads all that much, they just hate it when they're noisy (literally and metaphorically) and get in the way
The Internet King? I wonder if he could provide faster nudity.
Its the ones that cover the whole screen, have someone who talks over the speakers, or force me to find a tiny hide button that I want blocked. So far, i have not found that Google, Microsoft, or Amazon do this. (SO FAR.....) Also, i run a site that uses Google Doubleclick for Publishing that houses some ads as part of the site's content. They are not obtrusive and you would mistake it for the site's content. Adblock will block them though, even though they are just in-house ads for my own content on the same site.
The whole scheme just smacks of extortion. The vendors have already paid the ad companies. I use such software in the good faith that it's going to block the ads.
If it stops blocking the ads, I'll switch to a different ad-blocker. I'm not interested in seeing ANY ads, regardless of whether the product vendor has been paid off for them or not. *I* wasn't paid for *my* time!
I do not fail; I succeed at finding out what does not work.
Basic blocking: https://github.com/gorhill/uBl...
More extensive blocking: https://github.com/gorhill/uMa...
Extensions are available for Chrome/Chromium. It seems Firefox is (getting) supported as well.
I've been using it for years - from very early states - and I know within seconds if adblock is not installed on chrome, firefox and opera and android via adaway.
If adblock leaks an ad, we get the ad and block it manually, and also there are lists that are not directly under adblock plus , adblock chrome's control. The lists are pulled from and maintained separately than the blockers so Im not sure how this can go on for very long. It would be glaringly obvious over time if ads get through and the lists will be updated.
If any one of the adblockers "betrays" the community with exceptions in the code, we have plenty of places to defect to.
Legalize the constitution. Think for yourself question authority.
Adblock block ads.
Adblock whitelists ads when companies pay. (and that is known)
Some companies took them up on the offer and payed Adblock so they were whitelisted.
So what makes this newsworthy again?
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
They are upfront about this and right when you install it they give you the link to uncheck to block unobtrusive advertising. The fact that people pay to be on the "unobtrusive" list isn't exactly surprising. Nonstory.
So long as the above companies are complying with the acceptable ad policy, meant to keep ads from being obtrusive, does it really matter?
I know some people are like "No ads, no compromise". If that's the case, get Greasemonkey and go to town.
But, on a more realistic note, this company is putting out this product for free to end-users.
Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!
Things like this bring to light a few issues that need addressing. if this action by ABP is in fact happening, a fork of the project should most certainly be considered as this 'whitelisting' violates an expected feature or function of the application by its community of users (and possibly developers.) Second, a layered approach that views advertisements/spam as part of an overarching security issue, not just nuisance patrol, should be adopted. Adblock, noscript, and null routes for known advertising servers should all be applied
its controversial to say it on slashdot (full disclosure, I consider myself a socialist) but i think advertising on the internet has gone from unintrusive to a bombastic affront to basic privacy and functional user experience. applications like ad blockers actually help to un-break the web of automatic videos barking product placement and resource sucking overly high definition adverts. ABP gives users a tool to fight back against what for many is a roary-boomy experience that requires a new laptop every year to keep up.
Good people go to bed earlier.
FYI: I discovered last week that Adblock Plus EasyPrivacy list whitelists a ton of 3rd party tracking scripts.
WHAT!?! You had one job, Adblock. One job.
Faster, better, hackable and free. https://github.com/gorhill/uBl...
there's no place like ~
I use Adblock Edge. Used to use Adblock Plus before they started accepting bribes to cripple their own filters.
I use ad blockers because I DO NOT WANT TO SEE ADS. Period. I hate ads. To me there is NO SUCH THING as an acceptable ad.
Corporatism != Free Market
This would be a case where the Federal Trade Commission should have stepped in.
Until then, I hope people ask for their money back, before they sue.
https://www.youtube.com/c/BrendaEM
Correct me if I am wrong, but if someone creates a product that interferes with someone else’s business and then charges them a fee to stop interfering, isn’t that extortion?
So Google wants a free and open internet, and doesn't want to pay for fast lanes for their data, but has no problem with same kind of payola for their advertising.
Heckuva business model.
If this were easy, they wouldn't need us to do it!
I would not mind my browser sending out some kind of headers to specify my ad acceptance policy and even a few key words of goods and services I am interested in. But *I* should be the one who controls it. And the controls should be fine grained.
Something like:
(browser-ad-acceptance-policy) animation=no; flash=no; sounds=no; ad_to_payload_ratio looking_for=camcorder,auto_insurance,galapagos_island_tour;
(/browser-ad-acceptance-policy )
The add on or extension should enforce the policy on browser end when it can, without expecting good faith compliance from the web sites.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
Just do what the rest of us do, and click the flag and report it like the SPAM that it is.
Isn't this somehow similar to blackmail ? "Pay us, otherwise we block you".
Did they restrict the ability to filter any element on the page?
Did they restrict the user from making a free choice regarding which ad filtering list to choose?
Did they restrict the user from making his own ad filtering list?
Whooooooooores! The new company name should be AdBlock Plus Whoever Paid Us Not To.
There is a setting in the main options screen that says "Allow non-intrusive advertising." It is checked by default. These advertisements that whitelisted are only whitelisted when this option is turned on. If you uncheck it, you see no adverts.
Now, there are some obscure adverts that aren't tracked or blocked by the default EasyList, but there are plugins for adblock that let you block divs by name by clicking on them, which is IMO way more useful than the default functionality. Often, all advertisements (regardless of source) will be displayed in div called something like "main-screen-left-nav-banner" or something similar. You block that div (plus suitable wildcards if necessary) on that site and you never see that portion of the page on that site again... Which means you never see whatever is in that div. This is exceptionally cool because it doesn't just block adverts but also clickbait and other ways to get you to keep looking at pages on that site.
And this approach will trump nearly any whitelist because the adverts (even when whitelisted) are contained in the div. If the div gets filtered out, the child elements never load or display. In fact, if you're lucky, the unremoved content of the page may expand to fill the now empty space where the advertisements went. It's quite beautiful.
Bluhell has no options and no menus. It just blocks everything on Easylist. I stopped using Adblock a long time ago. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-...
I use both a host file and uBlock. The hosts file blocking doesn't catch ads that are generated though generated inline javascript using inline base64 encoded images. If there is nothing to DNS resolve against, then host blocking doesn't work worth a crap. That is a documented fact.
Also, I hate spamming even more then I hate seeing ads. After seeing how you are completely willing to SPAM, it makes me completely question the legitimacy of your "product".
from when adblock plus did. Use it instead.
Your host file junk pretty much blocked me access to the internet, had to go in safe mode to get rid of it, so screw you.
Craziness in the ad space has all the feel of being a ginormous bubble. Companies who have a business model of selling banner ads via an app and have no other revenue sources seem especially precarious to the perception of advertising effectiveness. If at some point studies come out showing banner ads are as ineffective as I think they are (I think they are a net negative to most companies who use them) the rug could get pulled out from the whole mess.
People are getting trained to filter this stuff out left and right. I find myself avoiding google when I look for certain things because I know that if they are common I will have to wade through a page or more of paid up links that are mostly only tangentially related to what I am looking for. I can't recall the contents of any recent banner ads, and there are a number of sites I just don't visit on my ipad because they are so awful without AdBlock running.
How about a new Kickstarter campaign where we pool our money to buy up highway billboard space and put up pretty murals instead of ads?
I use this plus Adblock.
I have a 1.5/.25Mbps DSL. Ads really hurt my internet experience and they never advertise anything of value, either. Complete waste of bandwidth.
I'd get faster, but ATT and Comcast have already drilled my ass enough.
When the asshole ISPs here in the States start offering Industrialized World quality service instead of this Third World shit, then I'll consider getting better service.
And don't get me started on their "packages", "deals" and other skanky business shit they pull.
this is the truth. Anyone who was using adblock plus before the sell out knows this and uses the fork, Adblock Edge, instead.
Oh how I wish I had some mod points for you.
Cease your criminal activity!!!
Why not just block the ads with your firewall. Whoops! maybe some people need to allow ads sometimes? for some reason. If it's a software firewall on a Windows system can they not just block the ads with OutPostPro firewall. would not using AdBlock plus slow down your browser?
"said it did not wish to comment"
Thus, I infer that you did indeed sell out, because why else wouldn't you comment if the accusation was wrong.
Additionally, people use ad-block software so that they don't have to see ads. To then take money to make those people see ads is the antithesis of your existence.
Good luck clawing your customer base back.
I wouldn't touch you from this point onwards (and to be honest, how did people not notice it wasn't blocking those ads?). But, hey, I'm an Opera user moving to Vivaldi soon as Opera sold-out in a similar fashion and got rid of all their interesting features (including built-in adblock before AdBlock even existed).
Really? That clickbait spam peddling PoS outfit - "non-intrusive"? Fuck that.
Abusive spam does not trustworthy make.
Seriously, dude? You've already been modded -1 for posting this same spam elsewhere in the thread. Give it up already.
years ago. Please explain how uBlock is better.
I *NEVER* see ads (or get the malware from them) on the machines that use Adblock Edge in Firefox, how does it get better than that?
Can hosts files block inline content? No.
I await your usual torrent of abuse from you and your many sock-puppets, joking between yourselves. Is that what the inside of your head is like?
Get rid of Firefox and use Palemoon http://www.palemoon.org/ and then install AdBlock Latitude https://addons.palemoon.org/ex... You'll wonder what all the fuss is about after you wrestle your old UI back from Firefox and have all your ads blocked by a reputable organization (Palemoon) that won't sell out to the dark side like AdBlock Plus did. These two greedy companies need more people to jump ship and make a statement. Do your part. You'll be glad you did.
Nice to see you're still pushing that.
The ad companies have already realized that they can set up *.adserver.com and dish out ads from an infinite number of hostnames. Some of them have even started setting up CDN networks using IP Anycast: pull a tiny file from the closest server by IP with the IP of the ad server to pull the final ad from, no hostnames at all. After all, it's not like a human is ever going to intentionally visit your adserver so why bother with a human readable hostname?
Hosts had its heyday, and there are still a lot of hidebound ad companies too big'n'slow'n'stupid to change that you can block so there's certainly merit in continuing it for now, but it's going the way of the buggy whip.
Maybe you should get a job writing a new hosts file driver for Microsoft that can handle wildcards and IP blocks.
So you create a hosts-file-based ad blocking system, then proceed to shower Slashdot with adverts it can not block, but your competitors can, and don't see the joke?
I suppose this explains why everywhere you go, you see trolls claiming that adblock is the only choice for rational internet-surfers who see no downside to the fact that this simply encourages higher numbers of more subversive ads to circulate.
No, as a regular user that doesn't like to see SPAM or ADS. You sir are spamming, something even more detestable then banner ads.
If you can come up with a hosts file entry that blocks all the Advertisements for your malware, then maybe you could prove that your product works.
fortunately its GPL, so put a fork in it, and be done.
0.17% is the click thru for pop up ads. And it is not much different than the click thru for normal banner (a bit less than 0.1%)... Are you telling is this is a success ? FYI Video ad have a click thru rate of 4%. About 40 times more.
I don't inherently have a problem with ads, not even with ads tailored to my personal preferences (which I would actually prefer over random ads). I'd even be willing to check a few boxes to mark my interests.
However, that's just not good enough for the marketing companies. They want flashy ads that distract from the page I'm reading, they want to track my every move, they want to sell my data, they want to run scripts on my computer, they want popups, popunders, redirects, accidental clicks, they would cheerfully ruin the user experience if it would get them one more click. And they don't want to check whether the ads their showing are links to scams, frauds, malware, or even if the ads themselves contain malware. They'll cheerfully commit outright fraud while pretending to be advertisers (eg "virus detected on your computer" style ads). And some websites have changed their design to have a little bit of text with mountains of ads, sometimes with a load-the-ads-first system, sometimes splitting a page's worth of content into 10 pages to show more ads, and generally treating advertizing companies as their customer and users as their product.
And so for my sanity I have to use AdBlock.
Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
Can't the editors do anything about that imbecile who is posting all that spam?
You must be a complete idiot. He doesn't mention anything about adblock vs hosts file. He doesn't care if you are wrong or right. What all of us care about about is that you are spamming the same crap over and over, and its even more annoying then seeing advertisements on webpages.
You have become exactly what you are trying to block, annoying crap. You are nothing but annoying crap now.
WE all know you only peddle viruses and spyware....
Please go away, nobody likes you and you are simply a script kiddie.
This sounds completely consistent with 21st century business practices. Offer a service to do X, then accept money not to do X = without telling the people who are relying on it.
Suckers!
I am sure that there are many other solipsists out there.
OK, so I'm visiting a free site that provides resources to die for (Nexusmods), and I notice a strange pix with an unhappy emoticon on it. Always wondered how the site paid for itself, and looking more closely, saw it was a 'begging' message asking visitors to switch off adblock on this site. Well I love these people, so how could I say "no".
Click-click and adblock is off. Ads are two discrete active rectangles of modest size- great- although I do not like the nasty dishonest British companies that are promoting their wares- but so be it.
Scroll down the page. STUTTER, STUTTER, STUTTER. Hmmm... Ctrl-Alt-Del and there's the task manager. I almost fall off my chair. Memory and CPU are being burned AT MAX. Well, there a a million UNACTIVE tabs on my browser, so maybe it is something else. But I switch of the ads again, check the resource monitor, and watch as CPU and memory use return to normal.
F**k the online ad companies, and the sites that use them without demanding responsible behaviour. Those ads on Nexusmods are already the type that illegally track you from site to site (I've had experience with them before). And that they are coded so maliciously, they think my computer resources are theirs is the last straw!
And here's the thing. It is TRIVIAL to develop back-end server systems that incorporate SIMPLE ads as part of the 'editorial' content of a website, so they cannot be automatically blocked. If these sites hate adblock they answer is in their own hands- make the ads a TRUE part of their own site content- yeah that might require a bit of effort, but newspapers had to learn how to do this from the very beginning.
Online advertising is MALICIOUS and LAZY. And ads that max burn your CPU should be ILLEGAL- think how much wasted power they are responsible for across the planet. An adblock enabled browser can be safely left on most pages with the CPU idling. Without adblock, the browser is burning 5-50 watts more. And you Betas are told by your government masters that they care about 'green' issues. Where's the 'green' thinking with online ads. When did you Betas EVER hear your politician masters proclaim the need to regulate online ads- oh that's right, your masters are in the pockets of those that make the ads so it doesn't matter.
Simply clicking his link would have told you, they have comparison tests showing uBlock performing much better than Adblock Plus or its derivatives/forks.
ublock even better.
Slashdot has (partially) stopped honoring their own ad opt-out. (You can opt-out of ads if you account is more than n old or something.) It still opts-out banner ads. But now they have added AdSense, and it does not block that. Since I opt-out of targeted AdSense, all I get is ads for removing dark spots. Ewwwww! Please report these ads to Google, since SlashDot is not honoring their own opt-out policy. That can't be consistent with AdSense rules. Opt-out means: "opt-out". And, of course, that goes for AdBlock as well. You are PAYING for a service that removes ads. If advertisers can pay to get around that, it is a fraud.
privoxy does ad blocking and reduces tracking. A different approach.
You are seriously an asshat. Doesn't anyone have mod points? Let's get this jerk to -2.
Can adblock do as much as hosts do & more efficiently?
yes it can, get over it.
"your kind" attempting to effetely "hide" my posts with unjustifiable downmods
you're 100% spam and troll, they're perfectly justified
I provided it, documented by reputable sources.
no, you didn't, still waiting for your benchmarks by the way.
P.S.=> I'm not "advertising" a damn thing
you don't understand what "advertising" means ? go get a fucking dictionary. you posted your crap exactly the same over several dozens posts in this thread. that's called spamming. period.
my program's FREE & comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by the best in the anti-malware/spyware/virus industry (MalwareBytes)
no, it doesn't, the "recommendation" comes from a blog post, puts your crapware in second place and says "it will do", not "it's highly recommended". Besides, it's a proven security failure as it requires root access to be of any use.
you failed to address all the points last time we had that very argument and you had to eat your words several times. why do you keep coming back with your poor grammar and horrible CAPitALIZaTIon ? well at least, you went low on the random bold, guess there's an improvement in readability after all.
years ago. Please explain how uBlock is better.
I *NEVER* see ads (or get the malware from them) on the machines that use Adblock Edge in Firefox, how does it get better than that?
Well, he DID explain it to you, if only you'd take the time to click the provided link that is.
before you blame me for visiting a sketchy website let me say this: Google listed the website as a place to download some free software. I didn't realize that the website had cracked software. I think Warze is the term?
There is no such thing as an "unobtrusive ad."
That very term is offensive and is an oxymoron.
Cederic's a complete coward who ran from a fair challenge http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... downmodding it a few times also rather than facing up to that challenge. You trolls are all idiots and weak.
You have become exactly what you are trying to block, annoying crap.
This. Who in their right mind would ever use an ad-blocking solution from an ad spammer.
Why hello there, Panisz!
I heard that in order to drum up funds for your domain name, you raped seven toddlers and sold the VHS tapes on Silk Road, any truth to that? The part where you sold them to Silk Road I mean, you've obviously been raping toddlers as a hobby for several years. Not much work available for a pedophile like you, I'm guessing.
Hello again, Panisz.
So, I heard that the inspiration you had for creating start64.com was that your dad fucked you in the eye socket and the jizz filled up your skull. Good for you, overcoming adversity to be a complete fucking idiot and a pedophile.
Suppose you can't expect much better from a fucking Hungarian.
Wow you keep saying over and over that MalwareBytes recommends your piece of crap, yet the page you are linking to is a different organization, and they didn't even evaluate your software.
You managed to get your software hosted at a site "POWERED BY" by Malwarebytes. That does not mean they recommend it at all. Show us a link were MalwareBytes themselves actually recommended your software.
Oh wait, you can't. Better RUN FOREST RUN back to your cave of spam spewing solitude.
how does it get better than that?
Quite a few ways, actually, all of which would have been apparent had you just clicked the link, but if you need it spelled out for you...
1) uBlock is available for multiple browsers and is available via official stores/sites for at least some of them (with plans to get into the others). Doesn't matter to you, perhaps, but it does matter to some of us, especially if we're looking for something to recommend to non-techie friends and family.
2) uBlock actually leads to a reduced memory footprint for your browser, whereas AdBlock Plus (on which Edge is based), increases the browser's memory footprint.
3) uBlock has SIGNIFICANTLY better CPU performance than ABP and its competitors. Nearly an order of magnitude.
4) uBlock is slightly better at blocking unnecessary server hits. About twice as good as ABP, and just a shade worse than Ghostery.
All of which is to say, by nearly every measurable metric, it's better than the thing that you think is the best.
Can hosts block DNS amplification attacks? NO.
http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Run 'links' , 'lynx' , 'links2' text mode browsers. Problem solved!
Blocking ads is like blocking the revenue stream for those providing free content and services. I know I'll get flak for saying this. Fact is that it's the little guys that get hurt the most by this ad blocking service.
One could say that maybe their method of advertising is not efficient (compared to in video ads on Youtube) but it's what they have right now and it's not right for a company to be able to strip out what the site intended the viewer to see.
For those who will say that it ruins the user experience I say this to you: "Find another service for free"
For those complaining about Adblock plus selling out... Have you actually looked at the requirements for Ad's that adblock will allow (even paid for?). Personally, I'm in full support of Adblock Plus campaign to pressure ad companies into returning to non-intrusive and non-annoying ads. Advertising *can* be a positive thing if the money helps sponsor content on web pages *and* potentialy provides useful information to people who might benefit from learning about a product or service.
Google used to be on the forfront of promising a clean and non-annoying ad network. They built their whole search engine reputation on it. Unfortunately, they since sold out and became the biggest pedler and annoying ads currently in business. A firm hand is needed to bring the entire ad industry to heel and hold them to a standard that will control public annoyance and malware both. If Adblock Plus can achieve this, while getting paid for their own work in the process, all the power to them. I think Firefox should partner with Adblock Plus to include the plugin by default with new installs, while getting a cut of the sponsered acceptibe ads.
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... (MalwareBytes #1 test result vs. ALL OTHERS here in mid 2014 -> http://www.av-test.org/en/news... )
* You've done better, bullshitter?
(Hell no, lol... & certainly NOT in coding a solution YOURSELF that does as much as MINE does, vs. all others also...)
APK
P.S.=> You're SO weak, along with all the other little pricks around here downmodding my posts on hosts superiority to "ALMOST ALL ADS BLOCKED" (paid off NOT to do so, & failing at the ONE THING it's SUPPOSED TO DO, lol, doing it terribly inefficiently & REDUNDANTLY) yet NEVER, ever, proving my points wrong on how hosts give folks more speed, security, reliability, & more (that any 1 browser addon can't do alone or at all) here -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... so THANK YOU for proving my points all the more - you're FAILING... apk
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
Apk he's just going to sockpuppet downmod it like he has 3 times now.
The hypocrisy from the ad industry is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
I remember the days before advertising was big on the web, when content was provided by universities and hobbyists.
I purchased an expensive "Yellow Page" directory for the Internet back in the geek's glory days, annotating web pages, FTP sites, USENET and so on ---- and it made for pretty for dull reading even then.
There was no way the university and the hobbyist would be able to keep up with the demand for content, easier access and better presentation ignited by the launch of Windows 95, affordable PCs with integrated "high speed" modems, the free web browser, dial-up AOL at a flat monthly rate and so on.
Gosh! Why'd bigmouth Cederic "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" & downmod that (for the 3rd time now) for? We KNOW why - he's FAILED again, lmao, against a COMPLETELY FAIR challenge.
APK
P.S.=> Thanks Cederic, you bullshitting bloward: You've proven my points for me BETTER than I could (considering you can't prove a SINGLE ONE of that list of 17 wrong validly/technically)... apk
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
when I was in my early teens playing with my ti99/4a I would never have thought that I would have to deal with BS like this( advertising on my computer , programs that block the advertisers, companies pay said programs to advertise on my computer) on my computer. That and a production on call support schedule
Cloud-based distributed search engines - technically feasible with user-donated CPU time, memory and storage.
And trust?
Facebook - people can very well migrate to diaspora.
But who will host Diaspora servers to meet Facebook's volume?
Twitter - that's not really that computing-intensive, is it?
You'd be surprised. There's a lot of RAM-intensive indexing to keep Twitter showing tweets and not fail whales.
Should be pretty easily replaceable.
It's replaceable with Pump.io servers, but who will host them?
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
How does using hosts prevent you from the flood of traffic coming from the internet that is completely unrelated to any action you do? This is DDOS, not DNS
If you never ever in your life setup a DNS server, you can still be knocked offline by DNS amplification attacks. If you never ever in your life setup NTP, you can still get knocked offline by a NTP amplification attacks.
I linked to you very descriptive articles, and explained the mechanics. Hosts won't save you. It doesn't matter if you never make a request to DNS, DNS amplification will still take you offline.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
Again: Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
Can adblock do as much as hosts do & more efficiently? NO http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... & downmodding it to *try* to effetely HIDE it & fair challenges + questions put YOUR WAY by myself, too?
LOL, thanks (now, you look stupid).
* :)
YOU FAIL, "Forrest" - keep "running"... lol - YOU & "your kind" attempting to effetely "hide" my posts with unjustifiable downmods that can't prove my points on hosts' abilities + efficiencies SUPERIORITY to "almost all ads blocked" are failing too...
(Truth is all I need, & I provided it, documented by reputable sources).
APK
P.S.=> I'm not "advertising" a damn thing - My program's FREE & comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by the best in the anti-malware/spyware/virus industry (MalwareBytes) + is also hosted by them as well - which is, of course, MORE than a "ne'er-do-well" that runs from straight questions (see link above) like you have, "forrest"... apk
Look through these comments. There can be only one conclusion: if you use APK's Hosts File Engine, you are supporting a spammer.
You can't prove apk wrong hosts = better by far vs. adblock http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... and all you have is your modpoints. Keep blowing them. Apk can post without limits unlike most ac posters, so he'll run you dry of your modpoints and those of your sockpuppets too, punk. Modpoints that are misused/abused are easily seen through by users here. That's what you're up to. You'll fail that too vs. apk.
"Adblock Edge is a fork of the Adblock Plus version 2.1.2 extension for blocking advertisements on the web, without sponsored ads whitelist."
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-...
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
ad block has had the option to allow non annoying ads for a few years now with the option to block those as well.
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk :)
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
What does that have to do with my valid point that hosts can't stop DNS amplification? I never claimed anything about hosts vs adblock. I also didn't claim hosts could do magical things that are technically impossible for it to do.
I have never downmodded an APK post, I would rather poke him until he fixes an obvious mistake in his cut and paste.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Yeah but is Malware bytes WEBSCALE??
http://saveie6.com/
hosts files cannot block DNS amplification attacks. Remove the line from your cut and paste because it isn't true. No matter how many times you try to redirect, it won't change this fact. This is my last response to you, so you can feel free to continue foaming at the mouth, but it doesn't change facts about how TCP/IP work.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
See subject: What's a MAIN delivery mechanism for malware? Javascript (then Java, Flash, etc.) - you FAIL, badly (even worse considering YOU HAD TO DOWNMOD THE LAST TIME I POSTED THIS HERE proving your UTTER FAIL, easily, in you doing that alone stupid -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... )
* You're STUPID ENOUGH to use javascript on "every site under the sun"? No wonder fools like YOU get infested constantly then!
APK
P.S.=> Amazing: Did you *think* your SINGLE "so-called 'point'" that I just TRASHED EASILY stood up to 17 of mine you can't prove wrong? Wrong... lol! Downmodding to hide your FAIL is what you do, & that only makes ME look all the better for it... thanks!
(Yours = complete bs - ads served inline on the SAME SERVER as a site don't pay also - advertisers don't TRUST webmasters on clickview counts... get real & into the REAL world, where hosts rule vs. browser addons)...?
YOUR b.s. (along with "almost all ads blocked" + other INFERIOR browser addons) just can't stand up to my list of BLATANT INFERIORITIES AdBlock has vs. hosts here -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... since your inability to prove those points wrong proves THAT much, easily, for me... apk
You can't: Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
Mods, please mod his post up. This is important stuff users need to understand. Posting as AC.
To answer parent post - No, it's not related to the "allow some non-intrusive advertising" checkbox.
The EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Fanboy subscriptions are the culprit. All the exception rules (all filters that start with @@) are the source of the problem. They claim that those exceptions are needed for sites to operate properly. I haven't encountered one exception rule that needed to be enabled to allow sites to load.
You can disable all the @@ ones, but it takes quite some time to do. You can select multiple and hit space to de-select them, but these @@ rules are scattered in multiple places that it's a hassle to do that in multiple passes.
Say you've disabled the @@ exception rules. The next time EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Fanboy updates, you will fined new exception@@ filters. The ones you have disabled won't be touched, but there are constantly new google-related exception rules that are added. You'd need to disable automatic updates.
In Firefox, go to about:config
Set this:
extensions.adblockplus.subscriptions_autoupdate
To False.
This is the only way. You can't disable update throught he extension itself.
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
Efficiency
AdBlock doesn't do jack vs DNS issues: hosts do. AdBlock fails. So do you considering you haven't done a damn thing that does anything against online problems from ads, dns, and all the things hosts help. Apk has.
APK always sees red
When people point out the '90s are dead
To him, spamming his HOSTS file
Is really not at all that vile,
Use it or you're dead!
Eventually it'll even be
A replacement for systemd
But don't you fret
'Cuz you can bet
It'll replace Windows registry
So sad, too bad, that those who boast
How good it is, they anonymous post
Because those "others" are just he
Hiding behind anonymity
Otherwise "they" would be toast.
And he attacks anyone
Who criticizes spamming he as done
He posts crap-floods filled with hate
Trying to intimidate
So now critics post anon.
Alexander P Kowalski
Do your worst, you will see
You're still a fool,
A royal tool,
You're hurting yourself, not me,
Burma Shave
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
If they did we'd certainly use them to block his crap-floods :-)
But he's SO predictable ... and it takes him SO long to wind down ... maybe we can use his spinning around to power a dynamo and solve the energy problem?
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Then make your own HOSTS file it's fuckin easy. Don't need a laziness engine for that.
Nice to see you're still pushing that.
The ad companies have already realized that they can set up *.adserver.com and dish out ads from an infinite number of hostnames. Some of them have even started setting up CDN networks using IP Anycast: pull a tiny file from the closest server by IP with the IP of the ad server to pull the final ad from, no hostnames at all. After all, it's not like a human is ever going to intentionally visit your adserver so why bother with a human readable hostname?
Hosts had its heyday, and there are still a lot of hidebound ad companies too big'n'slow'n'stupid to change that you can block so there's certainly merit in continuing it for now, but it's going the way of the buggy whip.
Maybe you should get a job writing a new hosts file driver for Microsoft that can handle wildcards and IP blocks.
Maybe a few of them. Maybe on the particular porn or torrent sites you frequent.
A relatively stale HOSTS file I use is still QUITE effective at blocking ads.
The next step, will be to set some static DNS settings up in HOST and then install and use a DNS server on which, I run authoritative zones for places I don't want to see. While more of a pain, it'll be more effective.
And when they register domains, it'll be blocks of IP addresses. They'll spend more money trying to get ads to my network than just taking the revenue hit of the three users ON my network will ever cost them.
Can adblock do as much as hosts & more efficiently? NO -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
* :)
YOU FAIL (especially seeing you UNJUSTIFIABLY downmod this post last 3 times I posted it http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... & here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... & HERE ALSO -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... )
You're CLEARLY UNABLE TO PROVE MY POINTS WRONG VALIDLY & TECHNICALLY on the superiority of hosts vs. ANY single other "so-called 'solution' - especially "Almost ALL Ads Blocked"!
APK
P.S.=> As always, you fail, lol (so does "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" vs. hosts, bigtime)... apk
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability: [...]
The BEST in the antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend [...]
Does anyone know of an ad-blocking plugin that will block this particularly large, obnoxious and insanely repetitive ad?
I'm seriously thinking about writing one.
Note to ACs: I usually delete AC replies without reading them. If you want to talk to me, log in.
For those too lazy to click on the link, (because this is Slashdot), I'll reproduce it below: as a public service:
APK always sees red
When people point out the '90s are dead
To him, spamming his HOSTS file
Is really not at all that vile,
Use it or you're dead!
Eventually it'll even be
A replacement for systemd
But don't you fret
'Cuz you can bet
It'll replace Windows registry
So sad, too bad, that those who boast
How good it is, they anonymous post
Because those "others" are just he
Hiding behind anonymity
Otherwise "they" would be toast.
And he attacks anyone
Who criticizes spamming he as done
He posts crap-floods filled with hate
Trying to intimidate
So now critics post anon.
Alexander P Kowalski
Do your worst, you will see
You're still a fool,
A royal tool,
You're hurting yourself, not me,
Burma Shave
I guess I can expect another 500 to 1000 anonymous personal attacks from you again, just like the last time. So have fun going through my posting history for the next few days - all you're doing is showing that you have to hide behind anonymity because you're a spammer, not just here, but in other forums.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
I've used http://www.privoxy.org/ this for years. No external lists, doesn't look at hosts, works at system, not browser, level and is open source. For desktop only, though.
Better a more generic regexp-based one. But with an APK preset, that's for sure.
Yeah, definitely would need to be regexp-based. Perhaps with crowdsourced updates, to quickly respond to any changes APK makes in his screed.
Note to ACs: I usually delete AC replies without reading them. If you want to talk to me, log in.
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
MalwareBytes does not run that site. MalwareBytes does not recommend your product.
From the home page.
What is hpHosts?
hpHosts is a community managed and maintained hosts file that allows an additional layer of protection against access to ad, tracking and malicious websites.
Not at all. Hosts do http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... no wonder all you and yours have is downmods to try hide apk's points you can't even scratch. We all see his posts and it's hilarious (and about time) someone came along to slashdot here and showed the sockpuppeteers and marketers he won't back down to their utter bullshit (yet they sure go crazy trying to stop apk's points of fact from reputable sources regarding hosts superiority to inferior browser addons). What happens server side is the DNS admin (or Paul Vixie the PhD blowhard who designed that security issue riddled wreckage) or webmasters problem, not apk's.
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
I downmodded you, and I'm not a sockpuppet. I'm just sick of hearing your crap. Slashdot comments are not the place for advertisements, go give money to Dice if you want to use Slashdot for ads.
I'm sick of you attacking people who disagree with you, you are showing serious signs of being mentally unstable. Stop your stalking.
Cederic's going to downmod that to hide it again for the 4th time he's run from it.
He's downmodded + evaded a fair challenge to him 4 times now http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
Cederic your weak crap proves apk right even more here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... where you keep running from a fair challenge he's given you.
For a 4th time too (downmods galore to hide it though) http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... ?? You're a PUSSY Cederic and a punk!
Can ghostery/adblock do 17 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. DNS amplification attacks
8.) Protect vs. trackers
9.) Protect vs. spam
10.) Protect vs. phishing
11.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
12.) Get you past a dnsbl
13.) Keep you off dns request logs
14.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
15.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
16.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
17.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less:
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST of antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
Please explain how uBlock is better.
uBlock uses less memory/CPU cycles
So you've got aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa124.adserver.com listed in your hosts file?
Why are you wasting that space? They'll never use that hostname ever again.
What about a151j15125n1l125n125b1u521i51k1b51my8h12b5b1515y21588125.adserver.com?
They're going to use that hostname tomorrow at about 3:15PM to serve up exactly one ad.
I'm sure your hosts file is awesome and covers quite a lot of stuff that's out there right now thanks to the old school "here paste some javascript into your web page and get rich from ads" dweebs like google who can't just ditch their entire ad network, but the new guard are already coming and they've upped their game with wordpress plugins that use PHP to generate a UUID hostname for every ad served up (and that's just the beginning).
I'm giving you a tip here, man. It's your choice to take it or leave it. jfaiwam's already looking to replace his hosts file with a custom DNS server to handle wildcard domains.
Look, if an ad isn't invasive then I don't mind seeing it and won't block it.
Slashdot still offers me a "disable ad" option that I leave unchecked. Why? Because I don't mind the kind of ads I see here, and recognise that such sites need to pay their way somehow.
Ad blockers wouldn't need to exist if ad companies didn't put out obnoxious, inappropriate and just downright dishonest ads in the first place.
Now excuse me while I claim my prize for being the 10,000,000th visitor to this site...
"Nine times out of ten, starting a fire is not the best way to solve the problem." - my wife
I own a business and have an advertisements on one site that is blocked unfortunately due to the fact they allow animated (GIF) advertisements. We are one of no more than a dozen advertisers. In any event I still don't object to AdBlock Plus's conditions. They are reasonable. I do wish the owner of the site would change the policy as it does mean fewer people will see our advertisement as we can't currently get on the white list. None of the actual advertisements are actually that obtrusive- but none-the-less.
I use AdBlock plus on a computer for which I visit sites with obtrusive advertising.
Has anyone actually LOOKED at Easylist's whitelisted items?
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easylist.txt
you should be using noscript to block third party content.
ABP is really just to block inline youtube ads.
Snowden and Manning are heroes.
You should see what happens when I show APK my DNS solutions are better. He can go on for weeks.
Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
I hear you're still running from proving apk wrong here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
Yawn, the APK troll is at it again, trying to spread his idiotic outdated rubbish around, with the usual irrational ranting and poor grammar.
Yeh I've enjoyed baiting him and watching him go berserk occasionally, but he is so repetitive and boring it's no fun any more. Poor deluded fool even thinks he wins arguments. :)
As someone else wrote, "his hosts file whispers to him while he sleeps." It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Andrew Peter Kowalsky, the greatest manual name resolution troll ever seen on the Internet.
See subject: Vs. APK you downmod & ran from a fair challenge http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
See subject: Prove my points wrong -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... technically validly, Falconweasel...
* Good luck - but, you'll need MORE than that: You'll need a miracle (as there's no proving facts & truth wrong)...
(Go on now, lol - let's see YOU "go BeRseRk" even *trying* to take that challenge of mine (you won't & you'll evade it to no end...))
APK
P.S.=> FalconWeasel (lmao) "went BeRseRk" with the downmod points never validly disproving them (vs. my fair challenge ONCE already, here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... )... "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" = FalconWally, lol! apk
I've shot you to pieces easily before you big talking do nothing zero FREAK (transtesticle weirdo that you are), easily, due to your big mouth writing checks your lame no skills in computing ass can't cash! Proof? Ok, below:
You are IRRELEVANT: I'm not via hosts (you're right) See MalwareBytes below loser (you've done BETTER? No, lol - waste of LIFE that a freak like YOU, are):
"I tore apart your stupid hosts file crapola." - by BarbaraHudson (3785311) on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @10:46AM (#47703255)
Where? You RAN from trying recently -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... & you're FAIRLY given the opportunity to make good on those words of yours - you downmodded (via your many sockpuppets) & ran, lol, after your wise-ass comment on hosts here JUST before that challenge -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... quoted next below:
---
"His only "legend in his own mind" was that he claimed that "his" hosts file could completely secure a windows computer. " - by tomhudson (43916) on Saturday February 12, @11:19AM (#35186644)
Where did I even *once* claim hosts completely secure a computer? Hosts are, however, the BEST single tool for more speed, security, reliability, & more. Prove otherwise.
Putting words in my mouth I never stated != truth, or a good argument on YOUR part. You RAN from that too!
---
"Who has independently vetted it?" - by BarbaraHudson (3785311) on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @10:46AM (#47703255)
You tried to say it's malware/spyware too - guess what:
Answer = The BEST in the security antimalware & antispyware business currently, http://www.av-test.org/en/news... per that VERY recent test's results, who also host & RECOMMEND my program for hosts, is who -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... (Malwarebytes' hpHosts)
* You've done better? No... lol!
APK
P.S.=> You fail: "Eat your words, Forrest" & you told others to stalk/harass me by ac posts as YOU YOURSELF do, unceasingly, for years http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
... apk
See subject: It's blockable in hosts (& that's only 1 thing hosts does, better than adblock, more efficiently as well - the rest for more speed, security, & reliability are here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... which you OBVIOUSLY cannot VALIDLY TECHNICALLY PROVE ME WRONG ON - period!)
Inlined ads? Served from the SAME site?? LMAO - those DO NOT PAY, as the advertisers do NOT TRUST WEBMASTERS on clickview counts... so, get real, & get back in the REAL world pal!
APK
P.S.=> The FACT you weak little weasels can't prove my points validly technically wrong, AND, that all you have is unjustifiable downmods (vs. hosts PROVEN to do more for speed, security, reliability, & even anonymity over inefficient REDUNDANT browser addons) proves my points for me...
Call it "SPAM" all you like (as that's all you've got & it's PUREST bullshit vs. facts I use from reputable sources) - everyone KNOWS that's the 'cry of the defeated inferior competitor or advertisers - especially when everyone SEES you "running" from proving me wrong, "Forrest"... apk
Try that
Does this "acceptable ads" policy include a requirement that the ad servers in question not be serving malware alongside the ads?
Because that is by far the biggest reason I run an ad blocker.
recycling hostsnames they used in the past
That's because they are shitty botnets. And it's not a "MAJORLY dangerous" feature when you can knock them out with a trivial oneliner in a hosts file. With a $5 domain from godaddy I can make well more than 38^240 hostnames without paying a penny more. Why the fuck would I ever recycle one? I could use one hostname a second and not even make a dent in the list by the time the sun goes tits up billions years from now (if my math is right I'd have 4.5e362 hostnames left after the nova), all for $5/yr. If I don't do something stupid like run an illegal botnet with my domain, it's not going to get revoked, and your hosts file isn't going to do a thing about it.
The only reason google ads and the other shitty old ad networks don't do that is because they'd have to go back to all their users and tell them to replace their ad code, but believe me, this is coming, because when every single ad impression is a unique little snowflake, there will be absolutely no question as to who is tracking you, mister "apk-1581581251250asfdasd8fff3g39g90em3.adserver.com" and that will ultimately be worth more than even google's massive ad network. Feel free to keep screaming at me that I am WRONG, it changes nothing. Look forward to sites being paid a bonus to encrypt your information and set it in the hostname. base36 may not be as efficient as base64 but there's plenty of space there for your name, address and the last thing you bought and a random nonce to make sure you never get the same hostname twice, read and decrypted by the adserver.
Hell, you want to talk malware? IPv4-over-DNS. Enjoy tracking down how your data is leaking out when all you can see on your network is some DNS requests to the same DNS server you've been using.
All I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more. The rabbit hole will continue to go deeper with or without you.
Vs facts of apk's that Cederic can't prove wrong in their entirety http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
See subject: NOBODY on /. ever validly technically proves me wrong here -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
* :)
APK
P.S.=> I pity the idiots downmodding my posts yet FAILING to prove my points in that link above incorrect validly (they can't) & judging by their "frantic efforts" expending 100's of modpoints to "hide it" via unjustifiable downmods (which I just post again, exhausting them of their 1 'whimp weapon' that gets ABUSED here massively in the bullshit "moderation system" by sockpuppeteer, which marketers are KNOWN to use)?
They are AFRAID AS HELL of hosts & should be...
The ones downmodding me? Doesn't take a brain to KNOWN who it REALLY is:
Advertisers/Marketers, & Webmasters (which IF you two groups of MORONS would've paid more attention to what went into your ads, like malicious code that infects us, I never would have released my program @ all, assholes)
Botnet masters/malware makers
OR
INFERIOR COMPETITORS (like "Almost ALL Ads Blocked")...apk
Unable to prove apk wrong led me to conclude U FAIL http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... on every conceivable level there is here against facts apk put out documented by respectable sources since adblock's clearly inferior to hosts in abilities for more speed, security, reliability, and even anonymity as well as adblock's massive inferiority in terms of resources used and usermode slower redundant level of operation vs. hosts in kernelmode doing more with less and the best you have is that line of bullshit, the cry of the defeated impotent advertiser working in collusion with the inferior sold out crippled by default competitor adblock (or shall we call it almost all ads blocked since it's paid off to be crippled not doing the 1 job it had)? Please. Go away. If you're reduced to that instead of proving apk wrong validly on a technical level here then you have failed miserably.
Didn't prove apk's points on hosts wrong (better than adblock) http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
Making you concede DNS has issues vs. custom hosts files on numerous points here -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... on:
1.) DNS using excess power
2.) DNS using excess cpu cycles
3.) DNS using excess memory
4.) DNS using excess I/O
5.) DNS using excess "moving parts" complexity
(#1 - #5 above in comparison to custom hosts files)
6.) DNS having security vulnerabilities that hosts files fix, + that your "fix" against dns redirect poisoning DOUBLES your overheads (using TCP vs. UDP the default) creating yet MORE INEFFICIENCY in your doing so...
* :)
(Along with the fact you can't show ANYONE ANYTHING you've ever done in the art & science of computing... especially in comparison to myself)
APK
P.S.=> What was even more "priceless" was your "I was pretending" garbage here too -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... where I pointed out fastflux, & dynamic DNS utilizing botnets abusing DNS servers taking advantage of their VERY NATURE to do exploits on users - so the ONLY thing you are "pretending" on, is that you are PRETENDING to know a damn thing about computing, lol & that ALL proves it... apk
Does anyone ever prove apk wrong though? No http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
You've clearly failed at proving apk wrong here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
Your preset's "FAIL": You clearly fail at proving apk wrong http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
Odd you say that: You haven't proved apk wrong http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
Hahahahahahaha @ "temcat preset = FaiL" that is some funny shit!
Hehe, In APK's world, one can fail at something one didn't do.
I don't care whether APK is "right" about his hosts file thing, I just know for a fact that he's a flooder/spammer, and that's what's totally wrong about him. He just makes reading Slashdot at a low comment threshold much worse for people who aren't interested in his project or product. (And for those who are - I guess, one or two posts under an on-topic article is quite enough for them, too.)
OTOH, he seems to normally use subject line, so that's probably one way to spot and avoid his spam when reading at a higher threshold.
I see another possible benefit to Eyeo's "acceptable ads" policy: training advertisers that unobstrusive ads are more useful than attention-grabbing monstrosities. (Perhaps I'm being too optimistic?)
years ago. Please explain how uBlock is better.
I *NEVER* see ads (or get the malware from them) on the machines that use Adblock Edge in Firefox, how does it get better than that?
It gets better in that uBlock has much better performance than AdBlock, AdBlock Plus or any of their derivatives. It also has a better element selector.
You've clearly failed at proving apk wrong here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
I didn't try to prove APK wrong. I actually have no interest in arguing with him/her/it. I just find the posts incredibly annoying. I also strongly suspect they're actually paid ads, being compensated for the bit at the end about the "best AV".
Note to ACs: I usually delete AC replies without reading them. If you want to talk to me, log in.
Funny, cause what you replied to pretty well refuted one of APKs points. DNS amplification will not be stopped by the hosts file. You cannot stop a DDOS technique by using a hosts file, it is not logical, and is silly on every level. So, APK can continue spreading misinformation, and you can contnue trying to be his knight, and trolling Slashdot, at least as long as someone isn't using DNS amplification against you.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
It's no misinformation AdBlock can't stop DNS issues and hosts do.
You are IRRELEVANT: I'm not via hosts (you're right) See MalwareBytes below loser (you've done BETTER? No, lol - waste of LIFE that a freak like YOU, are):
"I tore apart your stupid hosts file crapola." - by BarbaraHudson (3785311) on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @10:46AM (#47703255)
Where? You RAN from trying recently -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... & you're FAIRLY given the opportunity to make good on those words of yours - you downmodded (via your many sockpuppets) & ran, lol, after your wise-ass comment on hosts here JUST before that challenge -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... quoted next below:
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"His only "legend in his own mind" was that he claimed that "his" hosts file could completely secure a windows computer. " - by tomhudson (43916) on Saturday February 12, @11:19AM (#35186644)
Where did I even *once* claim hosts completely secure a computer? Hosts are, however, the BEST single tool for more speed, security, reliability, & more. Prove otherwise.
Putting words in my mouth I never stated != truth, or a good argument on YOUR part. You RAN from that too!
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"Who has independently vetted it?" - by BarbaraHudson (3785311) on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @10:46AM (#47703255)
You tried to say it's malware/spyware too - guess what:
Answer = The BEST in the security antimalware & antispyware business currently, http://www.av-test.org/en/news... per that VERY recent test's results, who also host & RECOMMEND my program for hosts, is who -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... (Malwarebytes' hpHosts)
* You've done better? No... lol!
APK
P.S.=> You fail: "Eat your words, Forrest" & you told others to stalk/harass me by ac posts as YOU YOURSELF do, unceasingly, for years http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
... apk
Malware? It's hosted & RECOMMENDED by MalwareBytes here http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & who gives a SHIT what you "think" (don't try, you're TOO stupid to live, let alone think) when you can't prove my points on hosts superiority to "almost ALL ads blocked" & other addons outright validly wrong here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
* You're a SNIVELLING little worm that is more of a woman than a man, since "the best you got" is a line of UTTER bullshit, vs. proving me wrong instead!
APK
P.S.=> Want me to stop advertiser? PROVE ME WRONG... then again, WE BOTH KNOW you CAN'T DO IT or you would have LONG AGO by now, considering it's your ill-gotten "coins" you're scrabbling over now in fear of myself & hosts, which you CANNOT BUY or cripple, like adblock (nobody can prove me wrong on hosts superiority to adblock in terms of resources used (less with hosts by FAR) & in terms of hosts superior abilities for gaining speed, security, + reliability online: You can *try* but you'll fail, as it's impossible to get the better of me... lol!)... apk
See subject: That's the "best you've got"? LMAO: They're most used to spam is more like it due to fastflux reuse of hostnames.
FACT: As long as a hostname in hosts is blocked, there IS no problem again vs. it, ever.
DNS & it's issues? NO PROBLEM:
I avoid it using my favorite 24 sites @ the top of hosts file cached in RAM operating in kernelmode via the diskcaching subsystem operating in conjunction with the IP stack itself, & that IS where I spend a GOOD *** 95++% of my time online (per my router logs analyzed) & like TV?
I, like everyone else online too, has favorites they do the SAME at - which is how hosts rock for local resolution from RAM, & assure evading DNS request logs, & even bypassing DNSBLs...
This works for speed, where I NEED IT MOST, where I go most (good for up to 2-3 MILLION slower remote DNS indexed queries, do the math) & reliability vs. downed or redirect poisoned DNS (rampant problem).
Plus, hosts lighten up DNS server admin's request loads - hosts COMPLIMENT DNS shoring up their security issues (for users) & helping DNS admins that way (multi-bonus).
APK
P.S.=> YOU can't seem to grasp that once I have a hostname blocked in hosts, NOTHING from there can *ever* harm me... ever.
If they go dead, eventually, I'll purge my file (hell, my app provides a way to do it for my ENTIRE hostsfile easily, not the only or best way maybe, but it helps) but otherwise?
I know I am totally safe, & yet my system FLIES with even a HUGE hosts file I've built up in size (to see how far I can push this too mind you on size) since 1997, to see if it adversely affects performance: It doesn't. Not a bit.
Kernelmode & efficient use of what I have makes it so, & it's great... apk
See subject: It's EXACTLY how I blocked CryptoLocker (DGA names are available from good guys like Gar Warner & I get them + add them as blocked to hosts - same with adbanner servers too!).
Case closed!
FACT: Hosts are FAR superior to *ANY* single "so-called 'solutions'" out there for more speed, security, reliability, & even anonymity (to a lesser extent on the latter) - let's see "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" do the same!
APK
P.S.=> Bottom-line FACT: Hosts work for FAR MORE than "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" by far, & FAR MORE EFFICIENTLY also -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... & I don't see *ANYONE* able to validly disprove those points of mine on that note... lol! apk
How'd your words taste after apk made you eat them? See here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
See subject - They host + recommend it: "Note: If you aren't familiar with or are uncomfortable manually editing/replacing, the HOSTS file, I'd suggest using HostsMan or APK Hosts File Engine as these will do it all for you" from http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
* How does "eating your words" taste, flavored with "the BITTER taste of SELF-defeat", rammed down your throat since you're FOOT IS IN YOUR MOUTH too?
LMAO!
You FAIL... badly - ESPECIALLY YOUR SOCKPUPPET DOWNMODDING THE LAST 2 TIMES I POSTED THIS HERE -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... & here too http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
APK
P.S.=> Of course, lastly, that's MORE than a trolling SOCKPUPPETING "ne'er-do-well" such as yourself will *EVER* be able to manage in the art & science of computing... now isn't it? Prove otherwise... apk
See subject, it's fact: Write him yourself, & "Powered by MalwareBytes" = just that - he's an employee of theirs & it IS part of MalwareBytes.
(In case you didn't KNOW it, MalwareBytes IS that definition: A community of like-minded computer pros working to make things BETTER online in computing!)
APK
P.S.=> Show me, show us ALL, you've done better... lol, we'll be waiting till "the 12th of NEVER" for that!
So, You can "mince words" all DAY, but the fact remains a trolling LOW-LIFE like yourself will NEVER *ever* be able to accomplish what I have in computing, lol... ever (you know it, I know it, hell... everyone/anyone READING does - or you'd have done it by now, & clearly, you have NOT)... apk
Can ghostery/adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST in the antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
See subject: During a DNS Amplification attack, what port is sending the flood from the DNS being attacked, to the server being DDoS'd?
* ANSWER ME THAT - Otherwise, you have a point I'll concede & YOU would be a "FIRST" I've *EVER* had to do that with (that's what I get for being over-zealous perhaps on THAT particular point, but there ARE 16 others you can't touch, but we'll see... depends on your answer though).
APK
P.S.=> Since you're looking @ this from a SERVER-SIDE perspective (I'm not, I am PURE user/clientside via hosts), let me know the answer to that, & I *might* have something that surprises you, for server-side, using hosts... apk
0.0.0.0 ServerFloodingYOURWebServer.com: 53 , server-side, in hosts (that literally *WOULD* stop the floods on the port concerned, IF necessary - Especially WHEN you KNOW it's causing issues).
* Hosts used THAT way, server side (the server under "attack") will do the job BLOCKING "the attacker", & under ANY amount of "loads"...
APK
P.S.=> Well? apk
Didn't go the way you want. Program's still hosted there (you fail and joke's on you as always. You're weak and a deceitful whimp. The people from the company concerned saw right through your bullshit worm.
Didn't go the way you want. Program's still hosted there (you fail and joke's on you as always. You're weak and a deceitful whimp. The people from the company concerned saw right through your bullshit worm). Hahahahahaha!
Didn't go the way you want. Program's still hosted & RECOMMENDED there on MalwareBytes' hpHosts site (you fail & joke's on you as always) http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi... - what? You didn't *THINK* I'd see that? WRONG!
Guess what?
LOL - Your sockpuppet stalking me quoted, by ac posts quoted too, is what the people from the company concerned saw right through your bullshit with it worm for your years of ac stalking myself and telling others to do it with you here http://slashdot.org/comments.p... is BACKFIRING ON YOUR DEMENTED DIABETES RIDDEN 1 EYE CYCLOPS ASS!
(Hahahahahaha!)
* Face a fact based on history: AS YOU HAVE FAILED IN LIFE? YOU WILL ALWAYS FAIL vs. me, loser! Always... lol!
( The admin of the MalwareBytes hpHosts site LIKES and RECOMMENDS my program personally - & there is NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT, asshole! Nothing... )
APK
P.S.=> Not even a "nice try" you failure in life, failure as a man, + failure in even being the TROLL SCUM you truly evidence yourself to be - you can't "take me down" on my points on hosts files, and the SCUM "likes of you" will NEVER be able to take out my software, fool... apk
Why are you singling this person out for being a transsexual?
Is 'weirdo' directed at at their character or is this is a form of transphobia?
Do you think argumentum ad hominem proves your points better and makes your character look justified?
Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
See subject: LISTED here definitely does http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
* You came in here attempting to BERATE me?
(A done nothing of ANY significance in computing worm like you have the NERVE to ask what you have after coming in here trash talking me? LMAO! Give us a break...)
Be thankful I give a nobody like you even a second from MY time of day... you're NOT even worth it since you're a trolling "ne'er-do-well".
APK
P.S.=> You came in here giving ME guff? There's yours back in the link above (all the points you conceded to me on DNS vs. hosts, listed, with the links where you did so... lol!)... apk
which is how hosts rock for local resolution from RAM
OK, so a malware comes along and contacts a different C&C hostname every second 99.999% of them NXDOMAIN but one day the operator registers the right domain and that last request is the one that tells your computer to wipe its drive. You can defeat that, right? Krebs cracks the bot and comes up with the hash function to turn time -> hostname so you calculate all the hostnames for the next year and add 31536000 x 253-character hostnames to your hosts file (plus a space plus a zero plus a cr plus a lf, that comes out to 257 bytes per hostname) and now your file is 8104752000 bytes larger (~8GB).
The math is done.
P.S.=> YOU can't seem to grasp that once I have a hostname blocked in hosts
And you can't seem to grasp that with 253 characters a domain can contain somewhere around 10^350 hostnames. ".adserver.com" is 13 characters so that gives 1-240 characters a-z0-9-. to make as many hostnames as the ad company wants... except they don't have to do any work. They configure their domain server with "*.adserver.com", and they are done.
But hey, you know what? That's OK. You can keep on blocking google adwords and shitty botnets that don't use a timer to create a new C&C hostname every second. I've got nothing against that. Go forth and be happy!
All I'm offering is the truth. The rabbit hole goes deeper and the red pill will take you there. If you refuse to go deeper, take the blue pill and believe whatever you want.
OMG, does APK even KNOW how to English, bra?
I understand that you are arguing techincals with ol' APK there, but I'm an internet dumbass and your posts and the IETF link you provided sound like Klingon to me. I *think* you are saying that the servers just, somehow, put *.adserver.com and then generate the first part to come up with your 10^350 host names. But can't I do the same thing in my HOSTS file and put *.adserver.com 127.0.0.1 and immediately block those 10^350 names without making an 8GB file? As of right now, I use the MVPS.org hosts.txt but you have to manually update it last I checked. Is there a decent NON-APK program to manage these automagically for me? I use a multilayered approach consisting of ABP, Flashblock, Avast, & MVPS HOSTS for my surfing. NoScript and Ghostery break web 2.0 too much to be useful to me.
Could you link to your solution please? I am looking for something better than just plain ol HOSTS but I want nothing to do with APK and his retardedness.
If he doesn't understand them, then neither do I! If an ad is on my page it IS obtrusive therefore it cannot be unobtrusive. Are you arguing that unobtrusive is not a diametrically opposing word versus advertisement? I guess you win then....except that isn't the common usage of the term anymore. Key examples of oxymorons would be "military intelligence" and "government help".
I just noticed you are modded funny. If that was a joke I still don't get it. whoosh and all that.
It isn't a feeling....it's reality
APK, Gstoddart said HOSTS were teh ghey and that people who promote them are nerd fags. He specifically said "APK is an ass-fucked nerdfag GayWAD"
See subject: THIS is not "asking questions" from you http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... liar...
(It was YOU coming in here *trying* to "berate" me... & failing!)
APK
P.S.=> THIS was also the RESULTS of YOUR "better" in DNS vs. HOSTS -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... & IT IS NOT 'better':
2.) DNS using excess cpu cycles
3.) DNS using excess memory
4.) DNS using excess I/O
5.) DNS using excess "moving parts" complexity
(#1 - #5 above in comparison to custom hosts files)
6.) DNS having security vulnerabilities that hosts files fix, + that your "fix" against dns redirect poisoning DOUBLES your overheads (using TCP vs. UDP the default) creating yet MORE INEFFICIENCY in your doing so
YOU EVEN CONCEDED THOSE POINTS, QUOTED DOING SO... apk
Can adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The Admin of hpHosts (owned by MalwareBytes) hosts & recommends my program recommends & hosts it here -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
See subject: When I have a hostname blocked in hosts I win, no matter WHAT (care to deny that?).
* Hostnames no longer in use in a botnet PRESENT NO THREAT until they are recycled/reused in fastflux botnets (a definite possibility, they ARE out there, and possibly the most dangerous type).
YES - I get botnet hostnames (even if only eventually) from both my sources, & again, from folks like Gar Warner (his security blog lists them, & that's how I got CryptoLocker covered along with others).
* You fail.
See my subject: ANY IDIOT (you) can "imagine" a scenario but it's GUYS LIKE ME THAT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT & I have (you haven't).
APK
P.S.=> FACT: As long as I block a particular hostname in hosts, that is in use in a botnet (or not, due to fastflux potential), it is NO threat & if it goes out of use? It is definitely NO THREAT... apk
None of them do as much as apk's (like hardcoded fav site pings that help against DNS issues for reliability too) and none others do 64-bit from a single 'standalone' executable (they have dependencies on things like SQLite and if that goes bad, you're hurting). APK's is the best hosts file program, hands-down, no questions asked http://start64.com/index.php?o...
See subject: Right here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
By the way: You're replying to slashdot's own transsexual weirdo BarbaraHudson who I spanked on hosts here:
"I tore apart your stupid hosts file crapola." - by BarbaraHudson (3785311) on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @10:46AM (#47703255)
Where? You RAN from trying recently -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... & you're FAIRLY given the opportunity to make good on those words of yours - you downmodded (via your many sockpuppets) & ran, lol, after your wise-ass comment on hosts here JUST before that challenge -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... quoted next below:
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"His only "legend in his own mind" was that he claimed that "his" hosts file could completely secure a windows computer. " - by tomhudson (43916) on Saturday February 12, @11:19AM (#35186644)
Where did I even *once* claim hosts completely secure a computer? Hosts are, however, the BEST single tool for more speed, security, reliability, & more. Prove otherwise.
Putting words in my mouth I never stated != truth, or a good argument on YOUR part. You RAN from that too!
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"Who has independently vetted it?" - by BarbaraHudson (3785311) on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @10:46AM (#47703255)
You tried to say it's malware/spyware too - guess what:
Answer = The BEST in the security antimalware & antispyware business currently, http://www.av-test.org/en/news... per that VERY recent test's results, who also host & RECOMMEND my program for hosts, is who -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... (Malwarebytes' hpHosts)
* You've done better? No... lol!
APK
P.S.=> You fail: "Eat your words, Forrest" & you told others to stalk/harass me by ac posts as YOU YOURSELF do, unceasingly, for years http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
... apk
You can't prove apk wrong is more like it. We see it http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
He runs right over the top of your downmods by reposting unlimitedly when you worms hit & run minusmod him minus justifying why. You can't handle apk with your puny 'weapons' since he nullifies them by going over the top of you again easily since he has no ac limits on posts. Fact is, You can't prove apk wrong is more like it and we all see that http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
Can ghostery/adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
Can ghostery/adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
Can ghostery/adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
Can ghostery/adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
I was reading a poem
one line
per sign
(like downloading
with a modem!)
but after 5
I noticed 'twas broken
he wrote a sonnet--
not a token:
far too long
to be spoken.
it ended in Burma Shave
a bad omen!
(for shaving the scrotum)
with 'ads in the middle
amazon paid
to block the riddle
Google Amazon Microsoft
B.S. I use hosts generated by apk's program. They what apk says for more speed, security, and reliability, better than almost all ads blocked by miles yet hosts use less resources. Beat that with a stick.
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit:
http://start64.com/index.php?o...
FREE & adds speed, security, + reliability, doing more with less, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues:
---
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, Kaminsky redirected (99% ISP DNS' = unpatched vs. it), 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
Can ghostery/adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
Result? He RAN: W. Palant wrote me by email 1st saying "hosts are a shitty solution" to which I replied:
"Show us adblock can do more for added speed, security, reliability, & anonymity than hosts can, + that adblock does it more efficiently than hosts"
Which on my latter 'point-in-challenge' on efficiency AdBlock's proven by research to be MASSIVELY inefficient -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... & adblock does FAR less than hosts (especially crippled by default).
I sent Wladimir Palant that challenge in response to his statement from 2 different email addresses I use!
Result = Still no answer from him in regard to my challenge put to him to this very day MONTHS later - that tell you anything? It did me!
He knows his addon is less efficient & features laden by FAR vs. hosts - Wladimir Palant RAN like a scared rabbit!
ClarityRay's also DESTROYING AdBlock - via native browser methods to DUMP what addons you use (it can't DO THAT to hosts files).
I only tell it how it is on hosts' superiority vs. AdBlock - Funny part is, Wladimir Palant running does too!
Especially considering "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" has 'souled-out' -> Google And Others Reportedly Pay Adblock Plus To Show You Ads Anyway: http://news.slashdot.org/comme...
APK
P.S.=> Bottom-Line: Hosts = a superior solution that also fixes DNS redirect security issues (vs. browser addons & their inefficiencies + messagepassing overheads as well as myriad lack of abilities hosts have from 1 file that's part of the IP stack itself - faster, more efficient, & less redundant as well, since TCP/IP has 45++ yrs. of refinement & optimization in it, & runs in a higher CPU serviced ring of privelege & operations in kernelmode vs. slower usermode layering over browsers slowing them more, & hosts = 1st resolver queried by the OS itself also)... apk
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit:
http://start64.com/index.php?o...
FREE & adds speed, security, + reliability, doing more with less, more efficiently vs. addons + fixes DNS' redirect security issues:
---
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, Kaminsky redirected (99% ISP DNS' = unpatched vs. it), 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
Can ghostery/adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
Result? He RAN - W. Palant wrote me by email 1st saying "hosts are a shitty solution" to which I replied:
"Show us adblock can do more for added speed, security, reliability, & anonymity than hosts can, + that adblock does it more efficiently than hosts"
Which on my latter 'point-in-challenge' on efficiency AdBlock's proven by research to be MASSIVELY inefficient -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... & adblock does FAR less than hosts (especially crippled by default).
I sent Wladimir Palant that challenge in response to his statement from 2 different email addresses I use!
Result = Still no answer from him in regard to my challenge put to him to this very day MONTHS later - that tell you anything? It did me!
He knows his addon is less efficient & features laden by FAR vs. hosts - Wladimir Palant RAN like a scared rabbit!
ClarityRay's also DESTROYING AdBlock - via native browser methods to DUMP what addons you use (it can't DO THAT to hosts files).
I only tell it how it is on hosts' superiority vs. AdBlock - Funny part is, Wladimir Palant running does too!
Especially considering "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" has 'souled-out' -> Google And Others Reportedly Pay Adblock Plus To Show You Ads Anyway: http://news.slashdot.org/comme...
APK
P.S.=> Bottom-Line: Hosts = a superior solution that also fixes DNS redirect security issues (vs. browser addons & their inefficiencies + messagepassing overheads as well as myriad lack of abilities hosts have from 1 file that's part of the IP stack itself - faster, more efficient, & less redundant as well, since TCP/IP has 45++ yrs. of refinement & optimization in it, & runs in a higher CPU serviced ring of privelege & operations in kernelmode vs. slower usermode layering over browsers slowing them more, & hosts = 1st resolver queried by the OS itself also)... apk
Nah, he just has a "thing" for me :-)
Seriously, he has nothing else to live for except his hosts file. It's what gives meaning to his existence, and he uses it as both a lever and an excuse to browbeat others. It's why most people who reply to him do so anonymously nowadays - and why he keeps thinking that many of those anonymous posts are from me (none of them are).
However, he does serve a purpose - he gives an insight into why "haters gotta hate". Some people just can't accept change. Before the internet, he'd just sit there and grumble under his breath. The internet gives him a platform and a sense of empowerment, that if he posts long enough, loud enough, he'll "win".
And lets face it - he's good for comic relief, as well as practice in not letting spamming trolls get under your skin :-)
Of course, I could be wrong, and it's due to him eating too many paint chips as a kid.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Apk exposed you for the troll trash you are http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... care to debate that? You shot your mouth off on hosts, he shut it with facts. So much so, you ran, lol! Then you are also exposed sockpuppeting there as well. You're trash, plain and simple, as well as obviously sick in the head what with your sex change attempt since you failed as a man. Clue: You're not a real woman. Can you bear kids? No. You're sick in the head. You can't accept yourself as a man. Nobody can accept you as a fake woman. Did you expect others to accept you when you can't even accept yourself? No way that's happening. Especially since you are a bigmouth that apk smacked down, so badly in that link above, you lowered yourself to stalking him by ac posts. You're scum and we all know it. You do too. Ever wonder why you've got diseases like diabetes galore, you live alone with a dog, nobody wants you, and your harddrives all blew up as you've stated (when you were really banned here for a year due to sockpuppetry)? Don't. You're lousy on karma in life and it's coming back to you weirdo.
BarbaraHudson, a fact: You came in here off topic trolling apk http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
Barbie you tried to browbeat apk - he beat your ass w/ fact http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... on hosts no less, lol. "Oh, the shame of it". You came into this post off topic bugging him and got your tail handed to you again. How stupid do you think we are? Answer is not as stupid as yourself fooling yourself that your bullshit is fooling anyone but yourself, sicko.
Using port filtering in hosts, server-side even, does it http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... and it silenced you Coren22 rather easily. You can minusmod apk all day as you trolls are doing, doesn't change the fact you can't prove apk wrong on hosts superiority to adblock or ghostery (any browser addon really) for added speed, security, reliability, and even anonymity it yields. No SINGLE addon can do those things as well as hosts OR as efficiently. I've been waiting to see even 1 of you prove him wrong. You can't. You all fail. It's hilarious.
LOL.
No, I was right the first time. I simply don't care about hosts vs Adblock or whatever. I just want to stop the crapflooding.
Note to ACs: I usually delete AC replies without reading them. If you want to talk to me, log in.
Only way you'd be right is to prove apk wrong validly http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... and it's clear you can't. You downmod him with no valid justification technically and that told me everything I needed to see: You can't prove apk wrong and the "best you've got" is your bullshit downmods. You're losing and only fooling yourself. We see his posts anyway since most of us browse at -1 to see the best posts.
Best you've got is downmods not proving apk wrong? You fail http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... I mean, seriously: Do you *think* your off-topic cries of "spam" mean *anything* when apk's so clearly floored ALL of you Open SORES AdBlock (paid off by advertisers to NOT do its job no less) fans are winning? You're LOSING, badly. You're helping make it happen, asshole. I personally think it's hilarious watching apk nullify your 1 "wuss weapon" in the bogus downmod by seeing him make you exhaust them and those of your sockpuppets you farm karma with to get more modpoints to mod yourself up with and those like apk you can't get the better of, down with. You must think we're stupid. Guess what? We all know the game. You're losing thru your own stupidity exposed.
Honestly, he's quite fascinating and quite quick to declare victory, make threats etc. One of my favourite instances of this, is this article someone wrote about someone doing Internet threats to sue them, when who should appear, but APK. He then discovers the existence of this article and continues on in the comments.
I think he's really differen, I have not seen people as passionate about this sort of thing in IT. The only passionate reactions to continue with such longevity is things I see from groups like the Taliban/ISIS - Which really leaves a question about his psyche and motivations.
Yes, he's definately good at making use of argumentum ad nauseum.
I did get some amusement from him. I was fascinated by someone who remembered that years ago I responded to one of his posts with just 'cool story, bro' when he made this massive post that was far overdone and had various fallacies that I had completely forgotten. I later interacted with him and he linked that comment (that I honestly couldn't remember) and went on a rant that I am troll (most of my posts weren't trolling towards him).
It's unfortunate that he won't entertain the idea of talking to me about other subjects. I'm curious about him, I wonder if he really is prejudiced against trans-sexuals. I wonder why he lives with a room mate (he's told me as such) and not alone or with a wife etc.
Oh yeah, I've seen him do that to a few people previously.
I honestly think he just doesn't like losing arguments and has no mental issues.
Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
"You should see what happens when I show APK my DNS solutions are better. He can go on for weeks." - by Ash-Fox (726320) on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @08:42PM (#48975515)
So much for your "better" wannabe: DNS has security issues galore + YOU CONCEDED MY POINTS ON DNS ISSUES vs. HOSTS here quoted also stupid -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
"since you won't answer some simple questions." - by Ash-Fox (726320) on Thursday February 05, 2015 @02:37AM (#48987087)
You're off topic there, you trolling asshole.
The 1st quote from YOU, where you posted first, above ISN'T "asking questions", it's off topic trolling (which, of course, I made you EAT YOUR WORDS ON in the 2nd link I posted too with you QUOTED no less, doing so... lol!).
APK
P.S.=> You trolls here on /., I've just GOTTA say it: You're worthless in the art & science of computing AND WEAK technically... apk
Barbie it was more fun seeing apk make you eat your words http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... Hahahahahaha and all you have after that, is your geek angst and off topic trolling. Doesn't stand up too well to that 1st link above where you are quoted being destroyed by apk systematically and how you sockpuppet and troll him too http://slashdot.org/comments.p... so you? Are full of shit. Get a clue: Slashdot in its entirely KNOWS about you, see Hairyfeet here even stating it (he's respected here, you are not) http://it.slashdot.org/comment...
Barbie, apk's yet to lose an argument to you. You lost to him http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
BarbaraHudson has mental issues stalking apk quoted http://slashdot.org/comments.p... you've been caught quoted doing so in that link with others like Hairyfeet even seconding apk you are scum. Getting a sexchange is also indicative of "mental difficulties" imo also.
By harassing + stalking apk http://slashdot.org/comments.p... and she has the nerve to call apk mental etc.? She's an online crackpot!
He's threatened to sue me for libel for "damaging his good name". I pointed out that he's known all over the net as the Hosts File Troll, so it's simply impossible for me to damage his name or reputation. I also said to feel free to have his lawyer contact me and I'll tell him where to serve me. Nothing happened except more empty threats.
I've also repeatedly pointed out that the spamming and the personal attacks are what got him such a low reputation to begin with.
So now I don't bother replying to him any more. Problem solved. And when I log in and see there's 120 replies to my posts, and over 100 are anonymous, I know he's lost it again :-)
His animosity towards me in particular is probably from when I organized a campaign to troll the troll, complete with instructions. Things like logging in anonymously to pretend you're him, and watch him fight as to who the real APK is. The solution, of course, would be to get an account, but he can't. Banned.
Of course, he makes the same claim about me "being banned for a year." Simply not true - I couldn't use a computer (or read a book, or a lot of other stuff) due to bleeding retinas. I did once receive the "pink page of death" for 3 days due to someone mod-bombing me, but that just gave me an excuse to take a break :-)
He's some strange brew ...
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Maybe your shit wouldn't get downmodded if you didn't spam it dozens of times in a thread? Grow a brain, idiot.
P.S.=> Can your hosts program deal with forum spam? I think not!
Show us all you've done more, BETTER than I have from a partial list of my favorites only then:
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).
WINDOWS MAGAZINE, 1997, "Top Freeware & Shareware of the Year" issue page 210, #1/first entry in fact
PC-WELT FEB 1998 - page 84 my work is featured there
WINDOWS MAGAZINE, WINTER 1998 - page 92, insert section, MUST HAVE WARES, my work is there
PC-WELT FEB 1999 - page 83 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 in it
HOT SHAREWARE Numero 46 issue, pg. 54 (PC ware mag from Spain), 2001 my work is there, first one featured, again!
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...
APK
P.S.=> THEN there's this too:
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
The BEST in the antiviruses (MalwareBytes) http://www.av-test.org/en/news... recommend & host it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl...
... apk
'APK is a know-nothing troll who has never worked in the industry.' by tomhudson (43916) on Saturday February 12, 2011 @11:19AM (#35186644) Journal
Is indeed libel Barbara http://slashdot.org/comments.p... and attempting to organize a conspiracy of harassment and stalking online is another crime on your part you have just admitted BarbaraHudson. Where did apk ever state he could completely secure a computer using hosts files only, BarbaraHudson?
'APK is 44 years old and really does live still with one or both of his parents (or another relative); APK can't write software for shit;' Journal by tomhudson on Monday May 17, 2010 @09:47AM from http://slashdot.org/journal/25...
See subject BarbaraHudson: Neither is true. That's libel from you. He's done this in software recently, and it's done well, have you? From apk's posts:
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
Since you shot your mouth off trolling me, prove me wrong (especially on hosts asshole):
"I tore apart your stupid hosts file crapola." - by BarbaraHudson (3785311) on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @10:46AM (#47703255)
Where? You RAN from trying recently -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... & you're FAIRLY given the opportunity to make good on those words of yours - you downmodded (via your many sockpuppets) & ran, lol, after your wise-ass comment on hosts here JUST before that challenge -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... quoted next below:
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"His only "legend in his own mind" was that he claimed that "his" hosts file could completely secure a windows computer. " - by tomhudson (43916) on Saturday February 12, @11:19AM (#35186644)
Where did I even *once* claim hosts completely secure a computer? Hosts are, however, the BEST single tool for more speed, security, reliability, & more. Prove otherwise.
Putting words in my mouth I never stated != truth, or a good argument on YOUR part. You RAN from that too!
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"Who has independently vetted it?" - by BarbaraHudson (3785311) on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @10:46AM (#47703255)
You tried to say it's malware/spyware too - guess what:
Answer = The BEST in the security antimalware & antispyware business currently, http://www.av-test.org/en/news... per that VERY recent test's results, who also host & RECOMMEND my program for hosts, is who -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... (Malwarebytes' hpHosts)
* You've done better? No... lol!
APK
P.S.=> You fail: "Eat your words, Forrest" & you told others to stalk/harass me by ac posts as YOU YOURSELF do, unceasingly, for years http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
... apk
Where'd APK ever say he can totally secure computer w\ hosts? You won't engage apk directly because from what I see above here http://slashdot.org/comments.p... you haven't done as well as he has despite you calling him a know nothing that never worked in the industry. That is indeed an attempt to harm his reputation professionally and as I said earlier also, your admission of an attempt to organize a conspiracy of stalking and harassment is indeed another crime. I'd cut it out BarbaraHudson. If it ever came down to it, you'd be in trouble!
"Apk can't write software for shit" Barb: You've done better? http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
Can't get blood from a stone that sits on forums all day, has no job or wealt, and is a penniless diseased sick individual who likes to stalk/harass others on forums, like Tom/BarbaraHudson the estrogen mentally imbalanced tranny psycho (you) does to me since 2010? Please.
APK
P.S.=> Priceless: Watching you *try* to "bullshit" everyone "you won't directly interact with apk" in proving my points on hosts wrong (you can't or you would have by now)
OR
Showing us you've done more & better than I have from a partial list of my achievements ONLY.
Why do you avoid it, trying to bullshit us?
LOL - Again - You can't, I know it, YOU KNOW IT, heck - everyone reading does!
The truth is, I make you "EAT YOUR WORDS" everytime - shouldn't have said "APK is a know nothing that never worked in the industry" back in 2010 since everytime you TRY prove that? You end up with egg on your face...apk
See subject: I post again over unjust modbombers, that's all. None of you can stop it either, unless you STOP your bullshit downmods!
Want to downmod me?
Do it justly: Prove my points WRONG beyond any doubt with backing substantiating documentation!
(THEN, you'd have made a VALID point)
* Otherwise? You're full of SHIT, and you KNOW it...
APK
P.S.=> Funny how NOBODY *ever* validly proves my points wrong on how hosts give users more speed, security, reliability, & even anonymity to a lesser extent, eh? Not! All they have is BOGUS downmods, nothing more... apk
At least the Troll, Redundant, and Offtopic ratings have nothing to do with whether your points are right or wrong per se. So your spam gets rightly downmodded for what it is. I guess it's indeed hard to stop within the existing rules when somebody has no life and devotes all his time to spamming the comments with the same shit in the same obnoxious manner. But, as I said, I don't even need that now - you can feel free to continue your heroic but pointless fight, and it won't inconvenience me as all I'll ever see will be a single line with a small grey-colored bit of your boring diatribe. Still a waste of a line, of course, but the world is not perfect. Which apparently you have trouble getting over.
See subject: Nobody proves these wrong http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
* :)
Go away with your cries of the DEFEATED Advertiser, malware maker, botnet herder, webmaster, or INFERIOR COMPETITOR... ok?
Bogus downmods do *NOT* cut it validly...
APK
P.S.=> The day *ANY* of you dolts (from that list above) can validly PROVE ALL OF MY POINTS WRONG, is the day you have a solid REAL point - until then? You FAIL - you know it, I KNOW IT, & so does anyone else reading... apk
Can ghostery/adblock do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (beyond malicious ads: See 2-10 next)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop communication to C&C servers
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phishing
10.) Protect vs. bandwidth caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up websurfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on ANY webbound app (think stand-alone email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily texteditor controlled data for the above
16.) Do all that & block ads (better than addons) more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* "?"
APK
P.S.=> ANSWER ="NO" to each above on Ghostery/AdBlock doing it as well or at all!
BOTH do far less than hosts do & less efficiently - hosts by way of comparison, do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
AdBlock's 4++gb & 100% CPU usage flooring inefficiency -> https://blog.mozilla.org/nneth... + ClarityRay defeats it + it 'souled-out' & is crippled by default paid off to not do its job http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/...
Ghostery's Advertiser owned - "A fox guards the henhouse"-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Both add complexity/room for breakdown/exploit + from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
For the BEST hosts file?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit -> http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
... apk
See subject: I win no matter what you say. I get them all (even if only eventually).
* You can TRY to post 'days or weeks later' & guess what? I'll still see it and put you in your place, dumbo.
APK
P.S.=> Time can go to its ending & that'll still be true no matter what you say, fool... apk
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
* They know what's "malware" far better than a /. dunce like you does, that's certain...
APK
Those botnet hostnames blocked in hosts can't be a threat no matter what, apk's correct.
He posts again after you downmod & you can't prove him wrong. Must be awful going thru life being a failure like you at anything you do.
If ya didn't downmod him 1st time vs proving him wrong he wouldn't repost wally. Yer wally-weapons are useless vs. apk and it's become blatantly obvious you can't touch a single point of his from his list of how hosts beat the shit outta the crap you use, dimwit.
DNS = more power & resource consumption than hosts, adding on more complexity + room for breakdown & CERTAINLY EXPLOIT (dns redirect poisoning, amplification attacks, dynamic DNS using botnets, etc.)
* YOU, like the transsexual weirdo Tom/BarbaraHudson, are MORE THAN WELCOME to prove EVERY POINT OF MINE here, wrong -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
(Which of course, you CAN'T DO, since YOU have FAILED HUGELY @ it before Ash-Fox -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... where a DUMB SHIT LIKE YOU DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THE STUPID MISTAKE YOU MADE WAS CORRECTABLE for hosts & how to do it - cut usermode slow & defective dnscache clientside service in Windows... lol! )
APK
P.S.=> Hosts get you past DNS issues, actually complimenting DNS by lightening its request loads (admins of DNS should love hosts files users for that), & shoring up those security issues it has UNTIL THE FOOLS WHO BUILT THAT SHREDDED SECURITY ISSUE WRECK FINALLY GET SMART & FIX IT TOTALLY... apk
Can adblock do as much as hosts & more efficiently? NO -> http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...
* :)
YOU FAIL (especially seeing you UNJUSTIFIABLY downmod this post last 3 times I posted it here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... & here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen... + here DAYS LATER thinking I wouldn't catch it (wrong) http://slashdot.org/comments.p... since you're CLEARLY UNABLE TO PROVE MY POINTS WRONG VALIDLY & TECHNICALLY on the superiority of hosts vs. ANY single other "so-called 'solution' - especially "Almost ALL Ads Blocked", lol)
Downmods don't cut it - We see my points anyhow (for most of us browsing below the level of 0 which you are *trying* vainly to "hide" my posts with your bogus downmods - I'll run you DRY of them, & then what'll you have? EGG ON YOUR FACE, & running, & that's about it!)
APK
P.S.=> As always, you fail, lol (so does "Almost ALL Ads Blocked" vs. hosts, bigtime)... apk
Can AdBlock help (hosts do) vs. DNS issues? No http://slashdot.org/comments.p... and YOU RAN boy... lol!
* SCORE APK 16, Coren 22 1 (at least YOU got 1 which I only recently took a small risk on & put up, which YES, my solution WOULD BLOCK THE ATTACK, but unfortunately would also stall DNS communique too - SO I GRACIOUSLY took it down anyhow, & YOU? Still "way, Way, WAY FAR BEHIND"... lmao!)
Wannabes like you? Make me laugh... menial networking TROLLS that are HELPLESS minus guys like ME creating the tools simpleton failures in computing vs. coders like myself create for YOU to merely USE, user with a better password!
APK
P.S.=> YOU RAN, beyotch... apk
Cederic's completely off topic and can't prove apk wrong either.
Technically unjustifiable downmods only made apk look good here http://yro.slashdot.org/commen...