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Google Launches Brotli, a New Open Source Compression Algorithm For the Web
Mark Wilson writes: As websites and online services become ever more demanding, the need for compression increases exponentially. Fans of Silicon Valley will be aware of the Pied Piper compression algorithm, and now Google has a more efficient one of its own. Brotli is open source and is an entirely new data format that offers 20-26 percent greater compression than Zopfli, another compression algorithm from Google. Just like Zopfli, Brotli has been designed with the internet in mind, with the simple aim of making web pages load faster. It is a "lossless compressed data format that compresses data using a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding, with efficiency comparable to the best currently available general-purpose compression methods". Compression is better than LZMA and bzip2, and Google says that Brotli is "roughly as fast" as zlib's Deflate implementation.
What's the Weissman score?
It is a "lossless compressed data format that ompresses data
... by discarding random bits and pieces of redundant occurrences of words.
`echo $[0x853204FA81]|tr 0-9 ionbsdeaml`@gmail.com
If they want to make webpages load quicker, remove ads.
is still more efficient.
Hey, Google! I have a compression algorithm that can compress any size to a single byte. I just need a little help with the decompress and we can really speed things up.
for a better user experience. The real reason is so that ad blockers will no longer work. It will no longer be web "pages", they will be "apps". The walled garden will move to the web and have the doorway sealed shut.
OOoops. Forgot to check the Anonymous checkbox again, sexconker? I think we know who the cow troll is. Now it is time to delete his account.
But why? Cows introduce a nice element of levity.
No no no... you don't understand. It's just THAT good of a ompression gorithm.
Ompression is meta Compression, the type of compression performed by Omniscient beings. It's that good.
Stop making my browser run 500 trips to DNS in order to run 500 trips to every ad server in the world.
Also, for the everloving sake of Christ, you don't need megabytes of scripts, or CSS, or any other shit loaded from 50 more random domains in order to serve up an article consisting of TEXT. One kilobyte of script will be permitted to setup a picture slideshow, if desired. /Get off my e-lawn
Host blocking never works because hostnames change, and hosts can serve ads and non-ads as well. You would be forever updating your host list and it would never be accurate.
Pied piper algorithm compression would have been a snazzier name. Just saying.
if Google was serious about speeding things up, they'd make a top 1000 list of stupid websites that load a crapton of useless scripts and ads just to present simple content across the web.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Brotli, Zopfli... is Google now run by Austrians, according to the Austrian nicknames?
And lossless too? I'd prefer if they lost the ads, then the compression wouldn't be needed.
From the paper:
Unlike other algorithms compared here, brotli includes a static dictionary. It contains 13’504
words or syllables of English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Russian and Arabic, as well as common
phrases used in machine readable languages, particularly HTML and JavaScript.
This means that brotli isn't a general purpose algorithm, but only built for the web, not more. I guess that future versions of the algorithm will include customized support for other, smaller languages, whose compression databases are only downloaded if you open a web page in that language.
It wants its bottleneck back. From what I can see it's plugins, scripts and adverts loading from fifty different sites that clog web pages, not large file sizes or what have you. Yes I get that compression is vital for an outfit like Google and they want to showcase what they've been doing but most websites don't have their traffic volume.
AdBlock developed a webpage compression algorithm that works much better than that. Although it simultaneously functions as a virus scanner, removing many malicious scripts and even most social engineering attack vectors, it not only doesn't slow down your computer, but rather makes pages load faster!
Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
Hosts don't work on html tags, they block sources by host-domain name (firewalls do the rest for IP address based ones) - & despite the FOOL who said what he did here -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... which is HIGHLY incorrect (hostnames change host providers which changes their IP address, but they recycle & reuse the hostname in malware a LOT (see "fastflux")) & MOST malware is served up by host-domain name, NOT IP address (this I know from decades of tracking both for hosts & firewall rules populations - & most any site that monitors botnets etc. can show you this much easily as proof thereof...).
* Thus, this speculation of yours shouldn't halt hosts or firewalls doing what they can do vs. ads (& much more in the way of threats online) 1 bit IF I am correct here that is.
APK
P.S.=> You tell me what you think of that in response, perhaps enlightening me (perhaps not). See - I haven't read this article's content yet so "there ya go" as to my reply to you... apk
Brotli has been designed with the internet in mind, with the simple aim of making web pages load faster.
Intall AdBlock, and it'll be faster.
No need for compression, when the ad server are the ones who slow page loading to a crawl.
Try it! Library of Babel
As websites and online services become ever more demanding, the need for compression increases exponentially.
I hope not, because we're not going to get exponential increases in compression over what we have now.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
Oh, not that shitty spam again? Who are you? You sit at home all day, glued to Slashdot, and as soon as someone mention "adblock" you cut & paste your shit?
And drop the bold on important words. Bold or CAPS on some words instantly rings my "scammer" alarm.
Try it! Library of Babel
I was like "Haven't I seen this before?", and thinking that I had, because I work on Chrome, but then looked at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
which says "This page was last modified on 27 February 2015, at 18:32."
Maybe it's just coming out of beta.
It is a "lossless compressed data format..."
As opposed to what, a lossy compression formula for data?
Well hell, if you don't need the original data back I've got a compressor algorithm that'll reduce a 50GB file to 1 byte every time. Sometimes even less than a byte, like maybe 0.25 bytes. In fact it reduces the file to such a small size that just finding it again turns out to be a real challenge...
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
in the light of the ridiculous amounts of cross-scripting and bulky adverts. That compression will really speed the web up. No.
Why, do you think he's a mooooooooocher?
Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
LOL, really? You must have a script, as soon as it sees the key word it post you shitty reply.
This is a test: AdBlock
Maybe we should all add AdBlock to our signature, mayber it would crash his script?
Try it! Library of Babel
I've had this happen
I grabbed source, compiled and tests on latest linux kernel tarball. All compressors at 'best', so -9 for gzip, bzip2 and xz. Brotli at 11 (I think that's the highest). Brotli took twice as long as xz -9, but took 1/3 of the memory of xz -9.
82M Sep 22 14:12 linux-4.2.1.tar.xz
87M Sep 22 14:46 linux-4.2.1.tar.bro
98M Sep 22 14:13 linux-4.2.1.tar.bz2
125M Sep 22 14:13 linux-4.2.1.tar.gz
602M Sep 22 14:14 linux-4.2.1.tar
Having to put a meaningless p.s. on everything does not make you 'look good.'
I prefer an ad blocker lossy algorithm.
Haha,
That's either made at google Zurich or by a Swiss google employee.
How do I block your ads for "hosts"?
So, have you figured out why privilege escalation is a bad thing yet?
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Meh. Hostnames of ad-servers don't change that often ... it'd break all those sites out there which link to them. And generally speaking, ad-serving hosts don't serve anything else worth viewing, so who gives a rat's ass. (Content sites which host their own ads are an exception, of course, but those are almost always relevant to the site, so less objectionable.)
It doesn't have to be 100% accurate, or even 90%, to be of benefit.
Yes, hosts files to block certain host names is an effective tool, but when used alone as you insist:
What about self-hosted advertising? If the spam that you want to avoid is on www.slashdot.org and the website that you want to visit is on www.slashdot.org, are you going to add "0.0.0.0 www.slashdot.org" to hosts?
How about if the website used wildcard domains and the like for advertisements? Are you ready to block all possibilities of .slashdot.org? Or are you going to have users download and run a custom DNS server?
Also, where are the Linux and OS X versions? Though, one can always use a text editor to update the hosts file.
Out of curiosity, how do resolvers scale with large hosts files on different platforms?
"lossless compressed data format that ompresses data
You've lost a "c" already.
If you don't like the cow trolls, you're free to skip over them. As for me, I regard them as "mostly harmless", and I've even posted one myself.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
Apk's not selling a thing. It's free so it's no ad. Spare us and stop trolling off topic troll.
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IMHO, at first read, it sounds like it's saying it's more efficient than Pied Piper's (fictional) algorithm... Which of course is impossible, since Pied Piper's will compress everything.
You forgot how hosts speed you up using your favorites cached as topmost entries resolved from local system ram and that that's where you are probably 95% of your time online possibly more.
APK
P.S.=> See subject: Those don't pay - incentive + practicality is removed, thus it's illogical too... I don't blame advertisers here, since they can't trust webmaster's "alleged" reported click counts, so it's just not done (money makes this happen, mistrust)... apk
He is kind of an irritating dipshit...
It goes up to eleven
On Google's scale if they push 10% less bits that equates to an enormous amount of data. Everyone posting seems to think this was created for the good of the entire web...
Get rid of cross-site scripting and ads.
Sepiroth!
If I have been able to see further than others, it is because I bought a pair of binoculars.
80/20 rule. There are sites with up-to-date ad domains.
WARNING, I installed this "APK" software and a few moments later, worms came out of my butthole. This does not bode well. I recommend avoiding "APK" software.
Here's the blog post announcement from today, so I was surprised this wasn't a Mozilla announcement giving the timing of the article.
I have no idea what you are doing, but it's really hilarious.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
Starts with "bro". Where are the SJW's when you need them?
There seems to be at least one Catholic priest who reads Slashdot. And my guess is that you've managed to piss him off mightily.
if only we had some unified app framework so that you didn't have to install a new app for every site. you could give it a little text bar at the top where you would type in the name of the app's data you want, and instead of having to have the app installed, it would just load the data FROM the source the app loads from, and then render it. you might have to add in some markup language tags here and there to help with the formatting, but it should be doable. this would save a lot on internal storage on the phone.
I look forward to the next release - Gipfeli :)
The very fact that your software requires a privilege escalation every time it updates indicates you don't understand security. Most people have no way to know what your software does when it updates, what is to stop you from having a Trojan load on your update? There is nothing, whereas your "rival" adblock requires no escalation.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
See subject: You fail/lose, & that's all there is to it since you can't prove my points incorrect... & you KNOW it.
* By the way - Don't tell me what to do, until YOU have done better... ok?
("AlmostALLAdsBlocked" certainly hasn't, & that's for sure - you make it DOUBLY so with your completely off topic b.s.! Thanks, for making ME look GOOD & yourself by way of comparison? Well, lol - "not so good"...)
APK
P.S.=> Little flea & effetely + vainly *TRYING* to "hide this post" via a bogus downmod as you troll me? Please - lol, you FAIL again -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... and apparently you can't handle truth levelled YOUR way, loser ... apk
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C communique
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C communique
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C communique
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. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on anything webbound (ie email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily controlled data
16.) Do all that & block ads better than addons more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = already on every device natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less than hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
Ab+'s 128mb memory inefficiency http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts consume 3-11mb using my program initially).
+
ClarityRay defeats it by dumping addons in use in a browser via native browser methods!
+
Ab+'s paid to not do its job http://www.businessinsider.com...
Ab+ adds complexity from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 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...
&
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
... apk
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C communique
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C communique
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C communique
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. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on anything webbound (ie email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily controlled data
16.) Do all that & block ads better than addons more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = already on every device natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less than hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
Ab+'s 128mb memory inefficiency http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts consume 3-11mb using my program initially).
+
ClarityRay defeats it by dumping addons in use in a browser via native browser methods!
+
Ab+'s paid to not do its job http://www.businessinsider.com...
Ab+ adds complexity from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 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...
&
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
... apk
See subject: I'm using those terms since it seems to rather ironically fit I felt (hosts are a mighty shield for sure as well as a turbo charger in the same "analogous" comparison way) but I'm just me, that's it... a human being trying to do right by others is all - why? Charlie Chaplin, a great performer from long ago, said it far better than I ever could -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?... from that position++ onward to where the crowd cheers...
* :)
APK
P.S.=> The internet's a cool thing, I did my part per Cliff Stoll asking I do so (& I was already @ it w/ this program too -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comme... ) - always neat to meet someone else whose work you admired & they inspired in this field... apk
See subject & APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
FREE & adds speed, security, + reliability, doing more with less, more efficiently vs. browser addons & locally installed DNS servers @ home + fixes DNS' redirect security issues - obtaining its data vs. online threats & adbanner blocking from 10 reputable sites in the security community - using something you already have vs. "bolting on browser addons 'MOAR' that's usermode slower & increases messagepassing, cpu + ram overuse overheads & actually SPEEDS YOU UP 2 ways (adblocking + locally cached in RAM favorites placed @ the TOP of hosts for fastest resolution speed), whereas by way of comparison, other "so-called security 'solutions'" SLOW YOU DOWN!
* :)
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model also https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
---
"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
P.S.=> By "yours truly" - "The Lord of Hosts" so-to-speak:
PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:
"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power" from https://answers.yahoo.com/ques... & THAT WORD = hosts!
(Accept NO substitutes!)
...apk
See subject - you add on "more" for no good reason, I use what you already have that does the job!
You're also adding complexity + room for breakdown (Open DNS servers are often exploited, & dns gets redirect poisoned a LOT (nothing really can stop this latter one either)) that's more complex to manage & eats more resources - needlessly!
APK
P.S.=> I use what you already NATIVELY have built-in, in hosts, that does the job minus all that extra resource consumption... apk
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C communique
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C communique
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C communique
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. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on anything webbound (ie email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily controlled data
16.) Do all that & block ads better than addons more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = already on every device natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less than hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
Ab+'s 128mb memory inefficiency http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts consume 3-11mb using my program initially).
+
ClarityRay defeats it by dumping addons in use in a browser via native browser methods!
+
Ab+'s paid to not do its job http://www.businessinsider.com...
Ab+ adds complexity from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 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...
&
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
... apk
Bob and weave, bob and weave.
You just don't get security do you? In your mind it is all about trust. Security isn't about a chain of trust, there is the verify step there too, which is not possible with your application. But go ahead and keep being wrong, it is what you are good at.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Apk doesn't rape little boys though. Those priests do.
My antivirus software requires privileges in order to install, not to update.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Antivirus doesn't use elevated privileges to update.
Adblock doesn't use elevated privileges at all
Your host file software isn't a virus scanner, nor does it replace one.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
See subject & Google DoubleClick ad network abused in malvertising attacks https://blog.malwarebytes.org/...
* :)
(Google & most ALL, if NOT all, advertising networks did themselves in with shenanigans like that - those types of attacks & abuses are WHY I released my program... I held off from 2003-2012 out of respect for webmasters, but NOT after that & other reports like it from other ad networks bushwhacking users with malware!)
APK
P.S.=> What's that you said again? apk
Really?
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/s...
How do you stop conflicker with your Hosts file, or any of the numerous viruses that spread through network protocols on local networks?
http://www.thorschrock.com/200...
It looks like you haven't changed much, did it ever occur to you that maybe people respond the way they do because of your hostility?
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
It is nice to see you still don't understand how security works.
2. Spreads via Windows file sharing
Once on the network the virus can spread using the Microsoft exploit (above) or by accessing the file and admin shares on the network.
When it infects a computer it creates a file with a random name and a random extension within the System32 folder. A scheduled task (running as SYSTEM) will execute this file using rundll32.exe.
3. Spreads via removable media such as USB drives
When a removable drive is connected to an infected computer, the Conficker worm will
create a copy of itself in the RECYCLER\S-x-x-xx-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx folder on that drive (where x consists of random numbers)
drop the file autorun.inf in the root director of the drive.
How will your hosts file stop either of these attacks? It can't, which is why I mention this particular virus, but there are many like it that you have no defense against if you use hosts files instead of virus scanners.
Good luck with your Pwning.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
This is where you say your hosts file stops all threats:
* My program utterly DISPLACES THE NEED FOR ANTIVIRUS since it blocks you getting infected in the 1st place (negating the need for antivirus @ all) & then it also stops botnets from communicating with their C&C servers even IF you get an infestation...
How can it displace the need for antivirus when it can't stop most of the threats?
What I have done is secure numerous systems on the internet. I have followed many procedures, but not one suggests editing a system file such as hosts. You are the one overloading and abusing the hosts file which wasn't meant for that purpose, not I. I don't have to defend what I do, I am not claiming to be the security expert like you are. I am not claiming to have a product that 100% protects you from all threats on the internet better than antivirus, malware protection and ad blocking software; you are.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
I can't help if you are so forgetful. I didn't post AC claiming to be APK:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comme...
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Again, I will explain to you as you seem to be mentally challenged. Administrator privilages used when installing a program (ONCE!) is not the same from a security perspective of administrator privileges every time an update is needed.
And your hosts file does not replace AV, you said it did, now eat your words.
http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
I didn't put any words in your mouth, you did it yourself, now eat them and go home. You have ZERO security chops, and it shows, you argue with people by simply attacking them, but you never answer the actual questions, just bob and weave Kowalski.
http://www.subzin.com/quotes/M...!
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
All this time and I didn't realise you had your own software.
Can I have the link so I can use it to direct my victims banking websites to a malicious mim site please.
As always that is going to update yourself with old algo. So be prepare for new update or may be it will be rolling out with old one. Even they can give the best result as we know that is in google.
"Of course it requires elevation to write to the hosts file" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @05:35PM (#50585879)
See subject & that quote from you (& a REAL SECURITY PRO seconds me http://slashdot.org/comments.p... hosts = good security).
"So, have you figured out why privilege escalation is a bad thing yet?" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @05:15PM (#50577809)
Tell us another one, hypocrite - You use admin priv yourself & how else could I programmatically update hosts minus it inside Windows, hmmm?
ANSWER:
I have to do it that way, to protect AND speed up users plus make their connections online more reliable!
(The latter of which also functions to make users faster than adblocking alone, by resolving host-domain names to IP address from hosts cached in RAM locally - far faster than calling out to remote DNS & less complex + less overheads ridden vs. locally installed DNS (less power, & FAR LESS if done on a separate machine)).
APK
P.S.=> LMAO - "EAT YOUR WORDS" you hypocritical STUPID little technically incompetent troll wannabe security guru, lol... apk
Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C communique
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C communique
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C communique
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. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get you past a dns blocking
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on anything webbound (ie email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily controlled data
16.) Do all that & block ads better than addons more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = already on every device natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less than hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried).
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Ab+'s 128mb memory inefficiency http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts consume 3-11mb using my program initially).
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ClarityRay defeats it by dumping addons in use in a browser via native browser methods!
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Ab+'s paid to not do its job http://www.businessinsider.com...
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Ab+ adds complexity from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
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What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 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...
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It's GUARANTEED safe per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
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In its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
... apk