On 07/20/2014 04:18 PM, Chris Pemberton wrote: > On 07/19/2014 05:30 AM, g wrote: >> On 07/19/2014 06:25 PM, Chris Pemberton wrote: >> <<>> >> >>> 2. I install a custom hosts file ( http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ >>> ). This protects all applications in one swoop, not just the browser. >> or so it is claimed. >> >> i saw post about it. pulled it. backed up my custom list. added >> custom list to it. copied it to new name. fired up wireshark. fired >> up firefox. surfed 10 sites. wireshark show it did not work. deleted >> it and temp file. re installed my list. >> >> > To test, I added the following to the long list: > > 127.0.0.1 google.com > > I was then unable to ping or browse to google.com; but www.google.com > worked just fine. Anyone know if you place wildcards in /etc/hosts? > Something like: > > *google.com > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi, you need to setup your own dns server, i may suggest dnsmasq (google for it) as it is lightweight, hosts file dont support wildcards. regards