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A text file in a TCP/IP network that specifies the IP addresses of computer names and domain names. It is used to convert a request by name to a numeric IP address on the local network or the Internet ...

If you have ever used a HOSTS file on your Windows computer, you might have seen the LMHOSTS file in the same directory where the HOSTS file is located. The HOSTS file is used to map IP host names to ...

Hi just had a quick question. I'm running gnome as my GUI. When I login I get a message telling me that my /etc/hosts file can not find my ip address for my machine (or something like that). The GUI ...

Hello, I'm trying to restrict people on the network to a specific host. I was wondering if i could use the hosts.deny file to do this. Its redhat btw....any how say i wanted to deny web access to say: ...

“Because the hosts file is locally controlled, and its contents can be tailored to the specific wishes of a computer user, network-enabled software applications often give hosts file mappings priority ...