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Twinny · 06-22-2012

HOSTS! (Only going to bother with Windows)

C: \WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (tech savvy people will notice it turned *NIX at etc

)

You can add entries like this,

IP Hostname
e.g.

fake.com 123.123.123.123

Save the file and try to browse to fake.com: your web browser will think fake.com resolves to 123.123.123.123, overriding DNS.

So if a program uses a hostname when it connects to the internet, you can redirect that request to wherever you want via the hosts file.

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Twinny Registered User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Testbed Posts: 604	HOSTS! (Only going to bother with Windows) C: \WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (tech savvy people will notice it turned *NIX at etc ) You can add entries like this, IP Hostname e.g. fake.com 123.123.123.123 Save the file and try to browse to fake.com: your web browser will think fake.com resolves to 123.123.123.123, overriding DNS. So if a program uses a hostname when it connects to the internet, you can redirect that request to wherever you want via the hosts file.