The Windows Hosts file is a text file that contains Internet Protocol addresses and their domain hostnames. Similar to an address or telephone book, Windows refers to the Hosts file before it checks ...

When it's enabled, trying to hit "production.server.com" adds a second entry to the DNS resolver cache, one with the real IP address of the production server, in addition to the entry I listed above ...

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 ...

There’s no shortage of browser extensions you can use to stay productive by blocking distracting websites throughout the day. (Sorry Reddit, YouTube, and Facebook.) But are they really that effective ...