On 1/15/21 8:54 AM, K Crawford wrote:
What functions use the CFGTCP Host tables?
Anything that attempts to resolve an IP address from a domain name or
other mnemonic.
On any system, a host table entry can be used to allow access to another
system by its "common name," or to block access to some domain (e.g.,
Facebook) by remapping it to "nowhere" (i.e., 0.0.0.0).
I do the former on both our Midrange boxes and my desktop systems, so
that I can Telnet or FTP to, for example, "VENUS" by its name, without
having to set up a local DNS; I do the latter mainly on my desktop
systems, so that, for example, I cannot even be tricked into accessing
the cauldron of unmitigated evil known as Facebook.
--
JHHL
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