Hosts File

[Steven W]

Has the Hosts file changed in 7? I noticed this which is different from every other version of Windows I've seen:

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.

# 127.0.0.1 localhost

# ::1 localhost

Is there different actions required in 7 to block sites? I'm not just looking to block in one app, but universally.

[MrJinje]

Works exactly the same on my machine.

127.0.0.1 getting.redirected.com

[fizban2]

the ::1 specifies localHost from a IPV6 adressing point, the local host file handles IPv4 and 6

[Steven W]

Hmmm, I've tried entering the line:

127.0.0.1 google.com

doesn't seem to work, I've even tried adding:

127.0.0.1 localhost

::1 localhost

Without the # seen above, just doesn't seem to work.

[Steven W]

This just got a little more odd...Firefox will not open Google.com, But IE will and I can also ping it.

Editing, check this, pinging:

127.0.0.1? Should the ping be sucessful?

Edited February 16, 2010 by Steven W

[Steven W]

Okay, duh, yeah that should work. I finally put the 127.0.0.1 localhost line back in (without #) and although it worked once or twice in IE it finally stopped. Odd world!

[DigeratiPrime]

Okay, duh, yeah that should work. I finally put the 127.0.0.1 localhost line back in (without #) and although it worked once or twice in IE it finally stopped. Odd world!

When you put the domain name in the host file you are basically blocking the dns lookup.

It probably worked for a while because you had resolved a google ip before and it was still in the dns cache.