Enrico 3 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Somebody can explain the difference between using the "list of blocked addresses" and the hosts file? Wireshark & TCPview using URL Address Management (monitoring Firefox automatic startup connection): Wireshark & TCPview using hosts (0.0.0.0): Ping results using URL Address Management and hosts: Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Marcos 5,097 Posted March 20, 2021 Administrators Share Posted March 20, 2021 Blocking via the url management works on the application filtering level, ie. ICMP is not blocked and ping works. You'd need to block the appropriate IP address in a firewall to achieve the same effect as if a host is blocked via the hosts file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico 3 Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 Thank you for the clarification. Since most are cdn's and blocking those IP ranges will adversely affect websites and component updates it's better if I compile the hosts file. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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