▲ 213 ▼ Adobe Creative Cloud rewrote hosts file to detect installed app (piunikaweb.com) submitted 7 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) Unless you run a pihole server permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 months ago No, a machine won’t even contact the pihole if it finds the address in its hosts file. Hosts is step 0 for DNS, so if it finds something there it doesn’t even bother with contacting an external server (like a pihole). permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 months ago No, a machine won’t even contact the pihole if it finds the address in its hosts file. Hosts is step 0 for DNS, so if it finds something there it doesn’t even bother with contacting an external server (like a pihole). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 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 permalink fedilink source parent