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Adobe Creative Cloud rewrote hosts file to detect installed app (piunikaweb.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 48 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Probably making sure that the sweet telemetry reaches their server after the URL got included in some blocklist. Solves nothing as who included the URL, now will include the IP address.

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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    If you're using any DNS based blockers and the IP is in the hosts file it will still resolve, right? To block IP you would have to setup some completely different solution like a firewall.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Right, it won't ask the DNS server to resolve it, the solution requires a much more expensive blocking on firewall

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    Unless you run a pihole server

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    i realized that the problem with an hosts file is the the system will completely bypass the dns server and directly contact the address. There is the need of something that enforces an IP address blocklist at the router level like opnsense

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