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To: PapaBear3625
% -> host filespump.com                  
filespump.com has address 74.208.15.160
------- ~ ------- [18:17:34]
% -> host movies-links.tv
movies-links.tv has address 74.208.15.160
------- ~ ------- [18:17:49]
% -> host planetmoviez.com
planetmoviez.com has address 74.208.15.160
------- ~ ------- [18:17:57]
% -> host thepiratecity.org
thepiratecity.org has address 74.208.15.160
------- ~ ------- [18:18:12]
% -> host tvshack.net
tvshack.net has address 74.208.15.160
------- ~ ------- [18:18:20]
% -> host zml.com
zml.com has address 74.208.15.160

Yup. (The unix command 'host' queries the ip address of a server name)

185 posted on 11/28/2010 4:29:21 PM PST by Moose Burger
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To: Moose Burger
Yes, Homeland Security now has all those host names pointing to its dummy IP.

It can be defeated by simply having a web site which has a downloadable "hosts" file, which when installed on your PC contains the real IP addresses of the sites that HS has decided to censor.

Since your PC looks at the hosts file before checking the domain name servers, this would override HS's censoring.

186 posted on 11/28/2010 4:44:32 PM PST by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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