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Re: [Full-disclosure] Mozillat trashing host file



Daniel Sichel wrote:
As a standard part of our laptop windblose install we pre populate the
host file with the business related entries we need (no arp cache
poisoning please) then make the host rile read only. You'd be amazed at
the headaches this simple prescaution prevents.


Dan Sichel
Network Engineer
Ponderosa Telephone
daniels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (559) 868-6367

How does a locked down host file prevent arp cache poisoning, or do you mean dns cache poisoning? _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/