Jul 14, 2015 · What's the Hosts file. The Hosts file is used by the operating system to map human-friendly hostnames to numerical Internet Protocol (IP) addresses which identify and locate a host in an IP network. The hosts file is one of several system resources that address network nodes in a computer network and is a common part of an operating system's IP ...

Apr 28, 2010 · first, i agree with phoshi that its not possible to do what you want in the hosts-file of windows (neither on unix). secondly, you have to get control over the result of a request to dns. one option is to use your own dns-resolving on your router (dnsmasq, dnscache+tinydns, bind, whatever, see quack's comment) and tweak it or to use a dns ...

Apr 24, 2014 · For adding a alias name to a server in the hosts file you have to make the following structure: In the first column you have to add the IP-Address, in the second column the host-name and in the third column you have to add the desired alias-name. Any subsequent columns are alias for that host.

Even more, getting ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED actually proves your hosts file is used, as otherwise you would see the default website from https://example.com. Note that if you would have the server on your computer also support HTTPS on port 443, you'd get certificate errors, as there is no way you can buy a certificate for the domain example.com .

Nov 28, 2016 · WSL autogenerates hosts file on each startup based on hosts file on host Windows - \Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. The autogeneration may be stopped via editing /etc/wsl.conf like in the answers above, but a better choice in some cases is to edit the file on Windows host (administrator required).

Hosts files can also be thought as a security measure: it's under the control of the system administrator of the computer, and so it's thought to be secure: the one who alters it should know what he is doing. And even in the case of the compromise of …

Using a hosts file for resolving the hostname? You might try removing the underscore: change server_1 to server1 or server-1. It used to be that underscores are invalid characters in system and domain names. Perhaps that's changed (although I've yet to see some underscore in the domain part of a website), but give it a try in any case.

May 5, 2019 · Windows 10 Firefox 71.0 As I stated I have used the hosts file for MANY years for many reasons such as test sites of live domains in a different ip, or servers on my lan etc. the recent few revisions of firefox made some sort of change the last year or so that just seems to drive me into brick walls ina number of places that may force me to change but I would rather …

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Mar 21, 2017 · The displaydns command will show entries that are in the hosts file too. Here 's a link to an MS article that explains how it works: The ipconfig /displaydns command provides you with a means to view the contents of the DNS client resolver cache , which includes entries preloaded from the local Hosts file, as well as any recently obtained ...