hosts file

[Hun73r]

Hi i edited my host file but i need gentoo to reload it without rebooting how do i do that

[Crisis]

All changes will take effect as soon as you save the file, no restarting of any services needs to be done.

[Lajasha]

I thought once you updated it, it was in use. You could try to restart the internet connection too.
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[Hun73r]

but the hosts file is still used if i use iptable and using gentoo as a router

[Lajasha]

yes the gentoo router would use the definitions that you have in there.
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[Hun73r]

hmm damm its still not working

i put this in host file and meny more

127.0.0.1 ct.cydoor.com
127.0.0.1 cydoor.com

but can still go to those sites

[Lajasha]

well for one I think you have to do it like this

[Crisis]

If you are trying to block those sites and are using iptables, why not just write a basic rule to drop packets etc, rather then try to trick it about the ip?

[Hun73r]

I have not been working with iptables much so i dont know howto block those sites whit it

and the hosts file was an easy on to go for


If i ping cydoor from ssh at my box it says

PING www.cydoor.com (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.163 ms
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.137 ms
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.124 ms


and from windows

Pinging www.cydoor.com [209.11.67.25] with 32 bytes of data

Reply from 209.11.67.25: bytes=32 time=118ms TTL=242
Reply from 209.11.67.25: bytes=32 time=134ms TTL=242
Reply from 209.11.67.25: bytes=32 time=225ms TTL=242
Reply from 209.11.67.25: bytes=32 time=121ms TTL=242

dont understand it...

[Crisis]

if you want an "easy" way to block sites with iptables, I suggest checking out shorewall, which allows you to just put all the ips in a blacklist file for easy blocking...

Or you could look up the drop syntax to manually feed to iptables, it isn't too hard either.

[Hun73r]

as it seems the hosts file isent used when routing

[Lajasha]

actualy i think that there is an order in which it checks, normal i believe is DNS then hosts. so since it can find it on the dns it does not bother looking to the host file. Not sure where this is set though.
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[Hun73r]

damm

[zonk]

why don't you just look up a basic iptables tutorial and use that? i mean, you are running it anyways. what good is a firewall if you don't even use it?

[Hun73r]

I dont want to add about 3000 ips to iptables thats why i use hosts from



hxxp://hostsfile.mine.nu

[Crisis]