Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoAdobe Creative Cloud rewrote hosts file to detect installed apppiunikaweb.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down14
arrow-up1211arrow-down1external-linkAdobe Creative Cloud rewrote hosts file to detect installed apppiunikaweb.comBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 hours agoNo, a machine won’t even contact the pihole if it finds the address in its hosts file. Hosts is step 0 for DNS, so if it finds something there it doesn’t even bother with contacting an external server (like a pihole).
No, a machine won’t even contact the pihole if it finds the address in its hosts file. Hosts is step 0 for DNS, so if it finds something there it doesn’t even bother with contacting an external server (like a pihole).