Exercises
The “hosts” file on most machines consists of a set of lines.
(The “hosts” file is located in /etc/hosts on UNIX and Linux machines; in C:\WINDOWS\HOSTS on Windows 95 and Windows 98 machines; and in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS on Windows NT, 2000, and XP.
You may not find a HOSTS file on all Microsoft Windows machines, but you will find one on all UNIX and Linux machines. A bit of advice for Windows users: if you don’t manage to locate a HOSTS file, try to find HOSTS.SAM.)
Each line lists an IP address, a host name, and an optional set of aliases. A typical hosts file looks like the following:
192.168.0.1 www.pfc.com pcf.com 192.168.0.2 micky micky.pfc.com mailhost 192.168.0.3 loghost secure.pcf.com 127.0.0.1 localhost
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