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Old 22nd Aug 2004, 18:15
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Mac the Knife

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Ya, I'd be interested in your comments.

Another use for the HOSTS file is of course to speed up your system by eliminating DNS lookups from your ISP

Like this:

196.31.4.2 www.iafrica.com
212.100.234.54 www.theregister.co.uk
209.25.220.53 www.pprune.org
196.2.63.80 www.mg.co.za
196.2.51.17 pop3.iafrica.com
196.2.51.12 smtp.iafrica.com
66.35.250.150 slashdot.org
152.2.210.81 groklaw.net
66.35.250177 www.newsforge.com
69.56.255.194 www.theinquirer.net

I don't suppose it's important for all you sods with broadband.....
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