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Hardening your HOST file
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<blockquote data-quote="bogdan" data-source="post: 12744" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>This recommendation makes no sense to me. The DNS Client service (DNS Cache) reads the HOSTS file when it starts up and thereafter whenever the DNS Client service notices that it has been modified by looking at the last modification timestamp. So the HOSTS file <strong>is</strong> actually cached by the DNS Client service. If you disable this service the HOSTS file is not cached and it has to be read and parsed repeatedly by every application that performs a DNS look-up (this is indeed a slow process).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bogdan, post: 12744, member: 2"] This recommendation makes no sense to me. The DNS Client service (DNS Cache) reads the HOSTS file when it starts up and thereafter whenever the DNS Client service notices that it has been modified by looking at the last modification timestamp. So the HOSTS file [b]is[/b] actually cached by the DNS Client service. If you disable this service the HOSTS file is not cached and it has to be read and parsed repeatedly by every application that performs a DNS look-up (this is indeed a slow process). [/QUOTE]
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