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Unix-like operating systems commonly implement IP address blocking using a TCP wrapper, configured by host access control files /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow.. Both companies and schools offering remote user access use Linux programs such as DenyHosts or Fail2ban for protection from unauthorized access while allowing permitted remote access.
The Abusive Hosts Blocking List (AHBL) was an internet abuse tracking and filtering system developed by The Summit Open Source Development Group, and based on the original Summit Blocking List (2000–2002). Its DNSBLs were shut down on Jan 1, 2015 and now appear to be blacklisting the entire Internet. [1]
The computer file hosts is an operating system file that maps hostnames to IP addresses.It is a plain text file. Originally a file named HOSTS.TXT was manually maintained and made available via file sharing by Stanford Research Institute for the ARPANET membership, containing the hostnames and address of hosts as contributed for inclusion by member organizations.
The comments from here on are made by hhhobbit. Who made the previous comments? Please say who you are and what purposes you feel a hosts file is for. To me the only reason for a hosts file is to pair an IP Address with one or more Host Names per line. The host name can be either simple like localhost or a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN).
On social networking sites like Facebook, users may be able to block users which prevents the user they have blocked from seeing things on their profile or contacting them. [9] Such blocking is often reciprocal, meaning the blocking user is also blocked from seeing the profile and activities of the blocked party. [ 10 ]
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