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Re: hosts file and NTL
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JohnHorb
Eh! How come pointing ad (and porn) domain names at 127.0.0.1 works (i.e. blocks access) then?
Because, as smharman says, 127.0.0.1 is your local loopback address, it never leaves your pc.
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