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Are You Ready For DNS Flag Day? (dnsflagday.net)
Long-time Slashdot reader syn3rg quotes the DNS Flag Day page:
The current DNS is unnecessarily slow and suffers from inability to deploy new features. To remediate these problems, vendors of DNS software and also big public DNS providers are going to remove certain workarounds on February 1st, 2019.
This change affects only sites which operate software which is not following published standards. Are you affected?
The site includes a form where site owners can test their domain -- it supplies a helpful technical report about any issues encountered -- as well as suggestions for operators of DNS servers and DNS resolvers, researchers, and DNS software developers. The Internet Systems Consortium blog also has a list of the event's supporters, which include Google, Facebook, Cisco, and Cloudflare, along with some history. "Extension Mechanisms for DNS were specified in 1999, with a minor update in 2013, establishing the 'rules of the road' for responding to queries with EDNS options or flags. Despite this, some implementations continue to violate the rules.
"DNS software developers have tried to solve the problems with the interoperability of the DNS protocol and especially its EDNS extension by various workarounds for non-standard behaviors... These workarounds excessively complicate DNS software and are now also negatively impacting the DNS as a whole. The most obvious problems caused by these workarounds are slower responses to DNS queries and the difficulty of deploying new DNS protocol features. Some of these new features (e.g. DNS Cookies) would help reduce DDoS attacks based on DNS protocol abuse....
"Our goal is a reliable and properly functioning DNS that cannot be easily attacked."
This change affects only sites which operate software which is not following published standards. Are you affected?
The site includes a form where site owners can test their domain -- it supplies a helpful technical report about any issues encountered -- as well as suggestions for operators of DNS servers and DNS resolvers, researchers, and DNS software developers. The Internet Systems Consortium blog also has a list of the event's supporters, which include Google, Facebook, Cisco, and Cloudflare, along with some history. "Extension Mechanisms for DNS were specified in 1999, with a minor update in 2013, establishing the 'rules of the road' for responding to queries with EDNS options or flags. Despite this, some implementations continue to violate the rules.
"DNS software developers have tried to solve the problems with the interoperability of the DNS protocol and especially its EDNS extension by various workarounds for non-standard behaviors... These workarounds excessively complicate DNS software and are now also negatively impacting the DNS as a whole. The most obvious problems caused by these workarounds are slower responses to DNS queries and the difficulty of deploying new DNS protocol features. Some of these new features (e.g. DNS Cookies) would help reduce DDoS attacks based on DNS protocol abuse....
"Our goal is a reliable and properly functioning DNS that cannot be easily attacked."
Carry on...
127.0.0.1 # hosts file, works great
Unfortunately, I don't host the DNS for most of my stuff.
Hopefully the dynamic DNS hosting service I use will update their software at some point.
Huh. It is always possible to do a man in the middle attack regardless of DNS server updates
A quality MIM can get between you and anything no matter what level of security is present if a hacker has the need.
God made gold so people can dig for it ... with makeup and ...uhm ... mini skirts. ..uhm ... bee filling up the database with honey.
on a side note, i think i am starting to sound like that hosts file guy: ithe best way to start a (own) search engine is to provide a free (fast?) DNS server. the queries can then be used as a start point for the
if anyone already has a "plug-in" for dnsmasq that does the above and lives on own network, please share data (GIT)?
APK is a well known psycho. Aphelion was and may still be his other nick. You can find his early posts on computer fora for some laughs,
Dont touch the gold! Definitely donâ(TM)t take as much as you need! Hmph
Shut up, asshole. Go do something useful with your life instead of spamming Slashdot. Your software is shit and everyone knows it. Slashdot might be enjoyable again if you'd just leave. You don't know a damn thing about technology but you're so arrogant that you believe even your most off-topic of posts should never be modded down. Fuck off.
I've also seen some of your other recent bullshit in other articles. Now you're posting death threats because you don't like SuperKendall? Not only is that illegal, but it shows just how utterly pathetic and worthless you are. Don't you have anything better to do? Everyone knows you're responsible for the ASCII art swastikas, the really long Jew-hating spam last night, and the harassment of SuperKendall and Ray Morris. You're projecting your own Nazi allegiance onto others like SuperKendall and Ray Morris, but you're clearly proud of it when you post swastika ASCII art.
You should be banned from ever posting on Slashdot again, you worthless waste of a human life. You are a shit stain who has never done a single thing of value with his life. You were even a third rate bench warmer for your college lacrosse team, and yet you brag about that decades later.
Security professionals agree that your hosts file software is poorly written and pretty much worthless, so get that spam out of here, too. You're too incompetent to make a Mac version, despite spamming for weeks. You lied, claiming you own rental properties when that clearly isn't the case. You also lied when you said trolls threatened to create a malicious imitation of your software. China also didn't copy your piece of shit software, nor have you ever provided any evidence that they did. It's just more bullshit that you pretend like you've done something useful with your life when, in fact, you are completely worthless.
Do yourself a favor and voluntarily leave Slashdot. Get this through your head: no one wants you around. No one.
I have 10 or so non localhost entries in my hosts file. My resolution (/etc/nsswitch.conf) order is files, dns so when my Internet is down, I can still get to my local resources for NAS/tv box/DB Server/Security robot... access.'
I'm doing my part by reducing the load on DNS servers. Block ads and put the worthwhile sites like your bookmarks and frequent sites into your hosts file or cache.
By the way, I went to the site of my local car dealer today to set up an appointment for service. Thirty two sites tried to run scripts. The site worked with only 3 allowed.
Skimming over the links provided, it seems that the main problem is that DNS protocol isn't being used just for DNS. And if you're running a DNS resolver that just understands how to return IPs for host names, you're an impediment to the ultimate goal, to be able to implement emacs over DNS.
Poetry in motion - when youâ(TM)re dead tell me what the forest canopy looks like from your point of view point of view
Sorry, can't have that unless everybody does their own caching and we get rid of for profit registrars.But really we need something completely different. Something that no authority of any kind can control. We need to cut our tether to the ISP, so no government can control access.
"Firewalls must not drop DNS packets with EDNS extensions"
you are still HOSTing dicks in your ass, I see. Good for you! The world needs cum dumpsters like yourself.
See subject: Easily nullifying the UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous LOSER abusing downmods again https://tech.slashdot.org/comm...
* :)
(It's just "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez"" RUNNING that OBSESSED PSYCHOTIC do-NOTHING "ne'er-do-well" JEALOUS "Lil' Jowie" that WISHES he was ME (but can't be since he has no skills, lol) DRY of his ABUSED "downmodpoints"... lol!)
APK
P.S.=> I pity that CHUMP, I really do - idle hands = the DEVIL's WORKSHOP in his case (as it is with ALL LOSERS like him)... apk
When I'm dead my My ghost will still be in the machine(s) of the world as it is now (especially as I've gone pure 64-bit in *NIX onward & I don't think that will change OR be extended to 128-bit in our lifetime for MOST people's needs).
* I don't think that'll be for another 40++ yrs. or so judging by the fact that BOTH sides of my family tree tend to live into their mid-90's (good genetics) & I'm in really good shape still (came from a youth that included athletics into my early 20's as an NCAA athlete I noted in my other post responses to the UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous PSYCHO who STALKS me on /. constantly).
APK
P.S.=> He's "touched in the head" & I've obviously ANNIHILATED him before under his doubtless MANY sockpuppet accounts here on /. so he fears me & stalks me by AC + downmod bombs me later to which I simply REPOST (no limits AC poster here is why/how I can do so) & RUN HIM DRY of his ABUSED "downmodpoints" he farms karma for via his many sockpuppets)... apk
Actually this is about DNS extensions, or EDNS. Guess what the original DNS extension was? You got it, DNSSEC. Guess what DNSSEC does? Yep, it prevents a man-in-the-middle altering DNS responses, which in turn makes further MITM more difficult.
By definition someone who doesn't accept any authority = Libertarian retard, aka a card carrying member of the Tea Party. Nobody is surprised you love to bend over for authority figures, faggot Republican traitor.
So does Trump.
This proves that your life revolves around posting on Slashdot. If you weren't obsessed with Slashdot, you wouldn't feel the need to repost evert single one of your spam comments that gets modded down.
Sounds like a solution in search of a problem.
I predict you won't live nearly that long. Soon you'll realize that everyone hates you, which is why every one of your comments attracts lots of criticism. Once you accept how worthless and despised you truly are, you'll hang yourself before 2019 is over.
You ran from a completely fair challenge to prove you own rental properties. Rather than post their addresses, you shit your pants and ran like the loser you are. You own a single property, a $1 house your daddy gave you.
Sorry retarded bitch Alexander Peter Kowalski, you are just a loser who is too dumb to realize you got stomped long ago.
Here is a chronicle of your bitch ass getting beaten on your port filtering statements.
Here is another one where your got beaten hard because you can't back up anything you say. This was about how you claim your shitware can block all hosts in a domain, which it can't.
Then there is your claim that the Chinese copied you but you admit that at best all you have is wild ass speculation and can't offer any real proof or even actual evidence to support yourself.
How about the list of experts you claim support your statements, none of which actually support your work and have been shown to actually be saying things different from what you stated they were.
Maybe instead you can tell us about your "success" where a project rejected your stupid simplistic idea or maybe threaten to sue someone again because you are a insecure little man who is washed up and never amounted to anything.
Better yet you can prove how defective you are by continuing to repeat your debunked BS some more.
You also prove you're an insecure loser that has to HIDE & STALK me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts (proving I've dusted you before ONTOP of my other reply BLOWING YOUR BULLSHIT AWAY, as always, EASILY here https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... )
* That, & of COURSE, the FACT an UNSKILLED uneducated LOSER like YOU can't manage to do the quality of work I DO & you can't, lol...
APK
P.S.=> After all - 100,000++ users of MY WORK in my hosts engine alone assures that for me along w/ DOZENS of registered /.ers who like/use/praise MY WORK (not your non-existent "notthereware", lol) WHO STAND BEHIND THEIR WORDS, unlike a CHUMP cowardly WEEZIL in yourself (hahaha, truth)... apk
Know what YOUR loser life revolves around on? FAILING vs me & being reduced to STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anon posts (like weezils like YOU have to do since I've BLOWN YOU AWAY so many times under your "regsitered 'luser'" (lol) account(s) so many times you HAVE to hide from me - you know I've got them all bookmarked under your 'various guises' & I'll just TOSS THEM BACK IN YOUR FACE again IF you use those "lusernames").
* TRUTH & FACT - nothing like it to DUST "weezils" like you, lol!
APK
P.S.=> You're a DO-NOTHING Jealous "Lil' Jowie" SICK IN THE HEAD psycho that STALKS me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts - some "BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT" (lol, NOT) for you, eh? You are GOOD @ 1 thing though - LOSING (especially vs. me, & I STAND BEHIND MY WORDS, unlike a PUNK weezil like you)... apk
You can't stand yourself OR you'd STAND BEHIND YOUR WORDS vs. HIDING as UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous & STALKING me.
* FACT!
APK
P.S.=> You proved that much about yourself & PROJECT the fact you KNOW everyone HATES you (people like & use + praise my work, not yours, too - lol)... apk
AFAICT, this posting and the linked articles are just a collection of assertions about how bad things are and how important this work is, with no actual information about how bad things are and how important this work is. In my experience when someone runs around saying things like this, it actually means that it's NOT that bad, and it's NOT that important, and they're just trying to scare people into moving in whatever direction they haven't been able to convince them to move in using actual data.
then stop using UDP
Flag day is in June. Good that we have a few months.
1.) I never had to sue Thor SCHMUCK - CA rescinded their FALSE POSITIVE error, sold off their shitty antivirus & I said I'd speak to an attorney & I did who advised I go thru their removal process & I won.
2.) China did hosts hardcodes after me http://theregister.co.uk/2017/... IMITATING ME & "Time is on my side" (Rolling Stones)
3.) /. users state the value of hosts for getting users more speed/security/reliability/anonymity listed here (enumerated as "Registered /.ers reviews") https://it.slashdot.org/commen...
4.) Security pros galore + /.ers praise the layered security efficacy of hosts quoted here https://it.slashdot.org/commen...
5.) My program stops portfilter errs in hosts https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
6.)Wildcards CREATE FALSE POSITIVES (try wildcard myftp.org, not all sites in it = bad). Hosts specifics don't cause that.
APK
P.S.=> You've PROVEN you PROJECT you're a RETARD that can't DENY FACTS I just blew you AWAY w/ easily, lol... apk
... is what could result, because cnn.com is not compliant.
https://ednscomp.isc.org/ednsc...
I don't owe you that information loser: Prove you even own a home of your own fully paid of @ all (as I do), first. Then, MAYBE, I'll talk.
* No, I strongly wager that like most TROLLS? You live underneath a bridge like bums, drunks & heroin junkies end up doing, lol!
APK
P.S.=> Your life has to be pitiful that ALL YOU SEEM TO DO is STALK me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts on /. constantly... apk
See subject & this is the tool I created multiplatform to help you do so EASILY (especially helps on blocking ads/malware/botnets/malscript & also allows you to put your fav sites into hosts @ TOP for fastest local RAM cached resolution of them):
APK Hosts File Engine 2.0++ 64-bit for Linux h t t p : / / a p k . i t - m a t e . c o . u k / A P K H o s t s F i l e E n g i n e F o r L i n u x . z i p (remove spaces between chars & download)
APK Hosts File Engine 10++ SR-1 32/64-bit for Windows https://hosts-file.net/?s=Down... (DL link @ bottom)
Soon for MacOS too (I just got a NEW Mac-Mini to port it there too)
APK
P.S.=> It's free, native & works great vs. threats https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... (tons of proof thereof & only a PARTIAL list - quadruple that) & DOZENS of /.ers already use it (w/ 100k users worldwide) which are listed under posts on this page as "Registered /.ers reviews" - enjoy! apk
See subject & let's see anything from you that gets good reviews as my work in this program alone (among many I've done including commercially sold code that's successful to this day of mine) ok?
* Never WILL happen from a JEALOUS "Lil' Jowie" mere "ne'er-do-well" DO-NOTHING like YOU who also PSYCHOTICALLY/OBSESSEIVELY has to STALK me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts as you do, loser... lol!
I don't hate Jews but based on what I read of them they're RACIST & their beliefs + practices get them BANNED nation to nation thru time (explain that). Jealous of them? Yea, ok - like I'd be jealous of someone w/ AIDS, lol (not).
I own my own home - do you? PROVE IT.
I pay my own bills - do you?? PROVE IT.
You sound like some DUMB BITCH on this one - kids? Last thing I'd EVER want (life's complicated enough).
I don't do heroin - that's for idiots who have a deathwish.
RoTfLmAo - "the CRY of the WOUNDED JEALOUS ne'er-do-well" from YOU in NPD (the butthurt reaction of LOSERS).
3x now I've asked you prove what I ask of YOU & your LOSER ASS can't - hahahaha!
APK
P.S.=> I've never SEEN any good ware by UNIDENTIFIABLE "anonymous cowards" like you - AFTER THE ABOVE - you PROVED that YOU are the LOSER vs. FACTS vs. your LIES & LIBEL of myself, you loser... apk
Talking to yourself I see Mr. UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous who STALKS me & thus YOU'RE A PROVEN PSYCHO not I & you've just PROJECTED what I said you do https://tech.slashdot.org/comm...
* I.E. - Using MULTIPLE registered account "sockpuppets" to 'farm modpoints' to cheat the moderation system here by downmodding your opponents & upmodding your 'main' account - everyone KNOWS the game in the EASILY CHEATED "downmoderation system" of /.1
(& no, I don't keep accounts here - I had 1 I used ONCE to talk to John Carmack in 2005 & haven't used it since (not Apehelion)).
APK
P.S.=> So what did this "apehelion" do? Say he likes using my program OR hosts files?? Must be - wasn't I though... apk
Good luck managing it yourself manually with LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA IN IT minus a toolset to automate sorting, deduplicating, false positives removals & hardcoded favorite sites MINUS a program like mine (you can substitute databases for some of it ala select * distinct from tablename etc & use nslookup OR ping to do your favorite sites @ top of hosts as I do for FASTEST possible resolution + avoidance of DNS requestlog tracking) OR even a shitty tty term shellscript BUT mine's GUI & that IS the future of any OS "for the masses" (or did you surf here using Lynx in *NIX?)...
APK
P.S.=> You wish you were able to create such tools as I do & that 100,000++ users use as they do this one worldwide + DOZENS of registered /.ers (not an UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous troll like YOU that STALKS me constantly on /. since you're AFRAID of me as I've no doubt DESTROYED YOU BEFORE under one of your many registered account sockpuppets here)... apk
Apk has the answer for that - really... kill automatic updates by adding a hosts file entry setting updates.steam.com or whatever to 127.0.0.1. You have to find the right hostname for each software you want to block updates on by raymorris (2726007) on Friday July 06, 2018
APK your posts on this and the hosts file posts, and more, have never been in error and/or bad advice by BlueStrat (756137) on Wednesday June 21, 2017
I support APK's stand on the hosts file and can't see why it's not used more than it is. My hosts file is 144247 lines long (4,332 Kb) it & a firewall serves me very well - by Trax3001BBS (2368736)
ABP is insufficient as a solid hosts file does everything APK reminds us about fast turtle September 17 2013
You need APK's hosts file - by Teun (17872) on Wednesday August 06, 2014
* For the Win32/64 model
APK
P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature - More coming... apk
APK is totally right on this count. Adblock Plus on Firefox mobile is a dog on older, or lower end, phones. A hostfile based adblocker makes for a much better experience in this context. Of course, your phone has to be rooted, which isn't the case with Firefox + adblock." - by chihowa on Saturday May 16, 2015
APK solution STILL relevant Thud457 June 11 2015
In a footnote, I would like to note that I find your hosts file admirable - by vel-ex-tech (4337079) on Tuesday November 24, 2015
APK's monolithic hosts file is looking pretty good at the moment - by Culture20 on Thursday November 17
you're right about hosts files - by drinkypoo (153816) on Thursday May 26
APK, I know people give you a lot of shit regarding hosts, but please don't ever stop - by nasredin (958927) on Friday June 12, 2015 @03:34PM
* For the Win32/64 model
APK
P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature - More coming... apk
APK is kinda right... I've given up on JS based adblocking and gone to blackholing in /etc/hosts, just like it was back in the 90s. The computational load has gotten intolerable for any ad-blocking using JS. I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works. - by bmo (77928) on Thursday October 15, 2015
get around to 'installing' a hosts file list, not sure which one, likely the one from someonewhocares.org. If it works as well as what I used for a while about ten years ago, I'll be happy. And grateful to APK for the lesson and the reminder. - by kermidge (2221646) on Wednesday March 27
I actually went and downloaded a 16k line hosts file and started using that after seeing that post, you know just for trying it out. some sites load up faster. - by gl4ss (559668) on Thursday November 17
dammit MS, you proved APK right about something by lgw
* For the Win32/64 model.
APK
P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature - More coming... apk
(APK) is still right a hosts file really does work. It even blocked a some of the video ads that were inserted into a stream OrangeTide February 10 2016
the Host File Engine performs exactly as promised - by mmell (832646) on Thursday February 16, 2017
I do use APK's host file on all my systems at home by OrangeTide December 01 2017
I've never tried to belittle (APK's work), I've flat out said it's good - by BronsCon (927697) on Thursday February 11, 2016 @06:48PM (#51491263)
(Toss on 100,000++ users worldwide too!)
* For the Win32/64 model
APK
P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient + BETTER merge feature... apk
Not supporting EDNS is fine. And fully supporting EDNS is also fine.
The problem is when authoritative servers for domain(s) fuck up their implementation of ENDS, and so all sorts workarounds have to be coded into client (recursive) resolvers.
So either (a) fix your EDNS code to pass the test cases, or (b) don't use ENDS (which was first spec'd in 1999) and go back to plain DNS.
See subject: Plus you've blown 30++ "downmodpoints" trying to vainly HIDE posts of mine that blew you away, lol - you lose. It's all you do, lose (I just repost NULLIFYING your "wannabe weapon" of WEEZILS (like you) - abused downmods)!
QUESTIONS YOU AVOID:
1.) So, do you own your own home FULLY paid off as I do?
2.) Have you done BETTER WORK than mine in my hosts engine alone (1 of roughly 40 apps I've done over time that do well, some even commercially sold code to this very DAY by certified Microsoft partners)??
* NOW we ALL know it's "NO" for you to both, lmao - why?
ANSWER: You're a TWISTED psycho LOON who STALKS me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts like the TWISTED EFFETE do-NOTHING "ne'er-do-well" NOT MAN WHACKO you prove yourself to be - worthless & a WASTE OF LIFE!
APK
P.S.=> I fairly give you the opportunity to PROVE ME WRONG & you FAIL, loser (it's ALL YOU ARE "GOOD" @ - FAILING (Especially vs. me & facts I use that BLOW YOUR WEAK ASS AWAY easily, every time - thanks for making ME look GOOD & yourself the FREAK you are, hahahaha))... apk
LOL. Your citations all lead back to your own posts YOU WROTE, you idiot. You can't cite yourself as evidence. Jesus Christ you are dense.
See subject 1st (LOL) & THEN tell me exactly where I failed: Not links, specifics! I'll annihilate you point by BULLSHIT 'point' of yours easily as always.
* Go for it pussy (hiding behind UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts like the WORM you are, punk).
APK
P.S.=> You're a DISGUSTING weezil "not man" & "ne'er-do-well" so it appears I have to KEEP letting YOU prove it for me, lol... apk
I'm curious what features are being added/removed?
One thing I'd like to see in a formal DNS configuration, is the ability to map an A record to a CNAME alias.
I know that some of the top level hosting companies like Cloudflare, have their own hacked DNS that adds that functionality so they can perform load balancing. In turn, they often demand complete control of the nameservers for domains they host, which I don't think is a good idea. Hopefully these changes will address this situation?
There needs to be a consensus between parties, but an authority is not required. However ignoring the consensus will result in incompatibility, and will require more robust code on the consensus followers parts to ensure their interfacing is protected from non-standard implementations.
While neither method guarantees perfect interoperability or security, an authoritative version often leads to more homogeny in implementation and code, which may be less beneficial in the long term, particularly when the authority decides on arbitrary changes which the implementors find to be impractical. In comparison with a concensus document that situation should never happen, since the implementors are likely the same people coming to a concensus.
Why don't you take your own advice vs. STALKING me + LIBELING me w/ your LIES (which I'll address here) & Make a Wheel https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di... as I did per my program others like & use (100k++ users worldwide) instead you PSYCHOTICALLY OBSESSED LOON?
My software's 'shit' you say?
DOZENS of registered /.ers PROVE OTHERWISE you JEALOUS "Lil" Jowie" DO-NOTHING "ne'er-do-well" & they're quoted in response to your lies, lol!
I don't bug SuperKendall OR Raymorris (I respect ray for his single kernelpatch, more than "your kind" has EVER done, lol) so quit your lies there too.
I don't do JEW SWASTIKA posts either but YOU DO TRY "FRAME ME" for it - you lose.
In Lacrosse in the NCAA I was the 2nd leading scorer on my team as a freshman + a 1st string STARTING ATTACKMAN (injured next year & got moved to MIDFIELD but still got a couple goals - iirc, my total 2 yr. scoring was 14 goals & like 10 assists iirc).
Your kind (whimps) can't EVER do that as I did, lmao!
Lastly - I can show things I do are good in the eyes of others - you can't, lol!
APK
P.S.=> You're the WASTE OF LIFE loser... apk
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* That's only recently while I've been on Linux (July 2018) & 100's of times vs. MANY other botnets/malwares etc. in the past circa 2006-early 2018 while I was on Windows: CONCRETE VISIBLE UNDENIABLE REALITY (see those links as proof). ... & that's ONLY what /. reported on (there were MANY more)
APK
P.S.=> "It's working: Neville... it's working!" - "I AM LEGEND"... apk
Your software is just fine - well written, functional... I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine by mmell February 17, 2017
Your premise that hostfiles are a good way to deal with advertising and malvertising is quite valid - by JazzLad April 20, 2016
his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant August 10 2015
his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg September 25 2015
I like your host file system by Karmashock September 09 2015
that APK guy, I use his host file by rogoshen1 Tuesday March 03, 2015
I personally use a HOSTS file blocker produced from a genius called APK by 110010001000 October 27 2017
* For the Win32/64 model....
APK
P.S.=> Linux model's faster/more efficient/better MERGE feature too - More coming... apk
"classic Windows hosts trick to block the Coinhive or Crypto-Loot domains" - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/a-new-player-joins-coinhive-on-the-browser-cryptojacking-scene/ - BLEEPING COMPUTER
ZD NET http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-use-a-hosts-file-to-improve-your-internet-experience/ "Hosts files really shine by letting you block ads, spyware sites, malware sites, & tracking sites"
SANS ("A related approach to the DNS issue is to create a hosts file on each system that sends requests for spyware to some place else" hosts by myself & RAMU right @ START of "malware explosion" mid 2005 on) https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di...
Aryeh Goretsky/ESET/NOD32: hosts = good security https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7442373&.cid=49747129/
Oliver Day (SYMANTEC/SECURITYFOCUS) http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/491/
Spybot S&D uses hosts!
APK
P.S.=> Malwarebytes' hpHosts hosts & RECOMMENDS my program forum.hosts-file.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4290
Who did it 1st: China or me? I did - dates are my proof https://theregister.co.uk/2017... w/ the FACT China rampantly STEALS U.S. Intellectual properties & military secrets!
* IMITATION truly IS the SINCEREST FORM of FLATTERY!!!
(... & proves hosts work vs. DNS faults in tracking you via dns request logs (since you avoid it & resolve FASTER locally using hosts) + DNS being downed OR Kaminsky REDIRECT security flaw misdirected poisoned (or vs. DNSChanger))
ESPECIALLY AS I DISCOVERED MODEMS CHINA MAKES EVEN YOUR ISP CAN'T GET INTO FOR DNS CHANGE (but China can) https://slashdot.org/comments....
APK
P.S.=> Folks, It's NOT EASY being "World-Class" like me (lol - 100,000++ users prove it for me) - enjoy the fruits of my labors for FREE + going FASTER/SAFER/MORE RELIABLY online (w/ a bit more anonymity too via my program)... apk
In this very story, there's one comment with over 20 replies from you. That's because you're so obsessed with Slashdot that you feel the need to repost every single comment of yours that gets modded down, no matter how low quality your comments are. You've proved your life revolves around Slashdot comments.
LMAO: I made mincemeat of you & YOU RAN vs. https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... & getting you to RUN DRY of your ABUSED "downmodpoints"? Even easier - you LOSE!
* It's ALL "your kind", the do-NOTHING lazy unskilled & uneducated "ne'er-do-well" NOT-MEN (lol) can manage vs. me & you're SO GOOD @ LOSING!
Thanks - you make ME look GOOD & yourselves by comparison? LMAO - like the WORMS you are STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts spouting bullshit vs. facts I use the DESTROY you publicly!
YOU'RE POWERLESS AGAINST ME ON EVERY FRONT POSSIBLE!
APK
P.S.=> I love it - it's just "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" to do vs. WEEZILS like you & unfortunately, I can't take FULL credit for it when YOU defeat YOURSELVES for me, lol... apk
You're posting as an anonymous coward, yet you're whining about anonymous commenters. Damn you're stupid. That explains why the crowning achievement if your life is a program to sort strings. The UNIX sort command is far superior to your software.
You don't own shit, lol (you're a LOSER! I fairly gave you a chance to prove you own a home fully paidoff as I do & you fail) & I do own 2 rental properties!
* QUESTION: What is it LIKE being a SLIMEWORM w/ nothing to your name or credit in accomplishment in your WASTED so-called "life" where you're REDUCED to STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts, FAILING fair chances I give you in QUESTIONS YOU AVOID (like where is that house of yours YOU own fully paid off - answer: It's NOT).
APK
P.S.=> You're a DISGUSTING little WEEZIL, nothing more & you not only KNOW it about yourself (as anyone here reading does about you by now, lol) but you PROVE it constantly too... lol! apk
If you actually owned two rental properties, you'd have posted their addresses. You do not.
See subject & tell you what (which you RAN from already here https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... ) - what SPECIFICALLY did I "fail on" (I never have vs. you loser OR anyone) that YOU put out on the topic of hosts?
* NO LINKS - list your so-called 'points' now & I'll DESTROY you PUBLICLY as always.
APK
P.S.=> What am I talking about - you ALREADY pulled a "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" vs. me @ every turn (including PROVING you own a home of your own FULLY paid off as I do, which IS offtopic but SLIMEWORMS like you with NOTHING brought it up)... apk
You prove you're ILLITERATE & stupid - I specifically said UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous WORMS (like you): I "id" myself.
* PUNY little DO-nothing "ne'er-do-well" not-men WORMS like you (truth) do NOT "id" yourselves - you HIDE from me!
YOU FEAR ME!
(You should - you don't DARE use your FAKENAMES against me since I've burnt you under them ALL every single time & you KNOW it (hell, everyone does)).
APK
P.S.=> You're SO stupid you made me LMAO again - of course, I HOPE you're not REALLY that ILLITERATE & STUPID but instead going for "post burial" which is a WASTE since most here see or SAW my INVIOLATE posts that BLOW YOU AWAY as always OR they surf below the "downmoderation system"'s DEFAULT of 0 (vs. your ABUSED downmodpoints I get you to RUN DRY OF ANYHOW as usual, too easy - you are POWERLESS against me, & I LOVE IT)... apk
I RAN ya DRY of yer abused 'downmodpoints' lol - & you expended MORE than 28 downmods on me to NO AVAIL as I neutralize your 1 wannabe 'weapon' in the EFFETE & VAIN "downmod", RoTfLmAo @ U!
Only time you START to reply is AFTER I run you DRY of your puny ineffective 'wannabe weapon', lol - you're SO easy to see thru AND defeat you HELPLESS HENRY!
* HAHAHAHAHAHAHA... now you're going for "post burial" since you're out of 'downmodpoints' which I'll run you dry of when you get MORE too (lol, you LIVE for 'downmodpoints' which bounce off me, hahaha).
(YOU ARE POWERLESS vs. me & you KNOW it - I love it).
Now, who's STALKING me CONSTANTLY by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts, downmod bombing me to NO AVAIL (lol), & RUNNING from me here too https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... )? YOU are, loser... apk
APK
P.S.=> Powerless EFFETE little WORM you are, lol... apk
Why should I have to give you any of my address or property information for? It's not on topic (but you all know my home address).
APK
P.S.=> It's PRETTY CLEAR you don't own JACK SHIT though (prove otherwise, & you CAN'T), lol - penniless LOSER you are, lmao... apk
And the retarded bitch Alexander Peter Kowalski decided to show how defective he is. All of those statements are just repeated bullshit he previously stated that was debunked originally. He has no proof or evidence to support anything he says and can't refute any criticism about him because it is all true. All he can do is repeat himself and declare that he won by fiat without actually making a point.
See subject & article quote "current DNS is unnecessarily slow" & suffers from DNS redirect poisoning on a good 95++% of ISP dns servers being unpatched. DNS also tracks you via requestlogs.
* Those things can be avoided by using local hosts files (especially once they're cached in RAM)..
APK
P.S.=> For the best hosts file multiplatform:
APK Hosts File Engine 2.0++ 64-bit for Linux h t t p : / / a p k . i t - m a t e . c o . u k / A P K H o s t s F i l e E n g i n e F o r L i n u x . z i p (remove spaces between chars & download)
APK Hosts File Engine 10++ SR-1 32/64-bit for Windows https://hosts-file.net/?s=Down... (DL link @ bottom)
Soon for MacOS too (I just got a NEW Mac-Mini to port it there)... apk
Lots of advanced malware uses DNS to send data in & out, since so many networks don't have DNS filtering.
Adding more complexity with more weird DNS options will make filtering that much harder.
... who needs it?
Look it is the retarded bitch APK pretending there is support for himself. If you aren't Alexander Peter Kowalski then you are an even bigger retard than he is since he isn't even trying his usual bitch tactics of repeating himself, calling people names, or deflecting from valid criticism.
You're HIDING behind UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts STALKING me like the TRULY cowardly "weezil" you prove you are.
APK
P.S.=> LOL - you PROVE you're a punk 'weezil'... apk
See subject & article quote "current DNS is unnecessarily slow" & suffers from DNS redirect poisoning on a good 95++% of ISP dns servers being unpatched. DNS also tracks you via requestlogs.
* Those things can be avoided by using local hosts files (especially once they're cached in RAM)!
APK
P.S.=> For the best hosts file multiplatform:
APK Hosts File Engine 2.0++ 64-bit for Linux h t t p : / / a p k . i t - m a t e . c o . u k / A P K H o s t s F i l e E n g i n e F o r L i n u x . z i p (remove spaces between chars & download)
APK Hosts File Engine 10++ SR-1 32/64-bit for Windows https://hosts-file.net/?s=Down... (DL link @ bottom)
Soon for MacOS too (I just got a NEW Mac-Mini to port it there too)... apk