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  From: darylp@au1.ibm.com
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:04:53 +1000

Re: Banner adverts cont.

Greetings,
Under OS/2 in config.sys you need to set the parameter:
SET USE_HOSTS_FIRST=1
So you PC looks at the name / IP address in the hosts file 1st.
Those annoying banner sites are listed as 127.0.0.1 & are made null & void
:)

Perhaps somebody can tell us what the command / config is under Linux?


Regards,

Daryl Pilkington
IBM Certified System Expert:- OS/2 Warp Server

2nd Level Server Support
IBM Global Services Australia

Group Tel: +61-2-9354-7150  Direct: Tel: +61-2-9354-4205  Mobile:
+61-414-327-957  Email: darylp@au1.ibm.com



linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au on 29-06-99 17:23:50

To:   "Shaun" <ether@chariot.net.au>, LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au
cc:    (bcc: Daryl Pilkington/Australia/Contr/IBM)
Subject:  Re: Banner adverts cont.





I think that /etc/hosts should do the same thing form you. Not 100% sure,
but am sure that someone here will let me know if I gave you bad info.

Rob.

-----Original Message-----
From: Shaun <ether@chariot.net.au>
To: LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au <LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au>
Date: Tuesday, 29 June 1999 3:46 PM
Subject: Banner adverts cont.


>hello all,
>
>when in windows i use a hosts file to stop banner ads,( \windows\hosts )
>it looks like this;
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
------------------
>
>127.0.0.1       image.excite.com                # no ads from excite
>127.0.0.1       image.eimg.com                  # used by webcrawler...
>127.0.0.1       adforce.imgis.com               # used by mamma
>127.0.0.1       promotions.yahoo.com        # yahoo...
>127.0.0.1       ads.lycos.com                   # lycos, whowhere
>127.0.0.1       ad.doubleclick.net              # altavista
>
>etc...
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
---------------------
>
>how can i do this in linux?
>
>
>if anyone wants to use/view the hosts file,
>www.chariot.net.au/~ether/hosts
>
>
>thanks.
> Shaun
>
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