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On Monday, 6 March 2023 08:24:35 GMT Wols Lists wrote: |
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> On 06/03/2023 08:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 07:54:51 +0000, Wols Lists wrote: |
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> >> There's another file - can't remember its name - that tells your |
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> >> resolver what to try in what order - the hosts file, dns, what dhcp |
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> >> told you, etc etc, so your resolver might not be using dns the way you |
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> >> think. |
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> > |
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> > Do you mean /etc/nsswitch.conf? |
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> Ah yes. Any idea why Firefox seems to ignore it? Whenever I try to |
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> browse to local machines in /etc/hosts, firefox gives me a google search |
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> page which is a bloody nuisance. If I type a VALID ADDRESS in the |
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> ADDRESS BAR, that's where I expect to go! Not some damn random search page! |
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> Cheers, |
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> Wol |
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I suspect the behaviour you noticed is related to FF functionality like TRR |
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(Trusted Recursive Resolver) farming all your DNS queries over to the |
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cloudfarce honeypot. |
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Have a look here if you want to disable it: |
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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox/Privacy#Disable/ |
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enforce_'Trusted_Recursive_Resolver' |
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