ESS "URL Address Management" vs Hosts

[Enrico 3]

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.

[Marcos 5,450]

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.

[Enrico 3]

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.