I created a localhost entry that pointed www.yahoo.com to 127.0.0.1. I started NS 2.02 and I typed www.yahoo.com in the URL bar and after 30 seconds, I got an error message.
I have no idea why you were seeing a behavior on 2.02 where this localhost change worked. The proper behavior when trying to connect to a machine that has no webserver running is to display an error. Mike Felix Miata wrote: > Michael Kaply wrote: > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > > > "The connection was refused when attempting to connect to ads.web.aol.com." > > > > These popups (on visiting eBay) I have no need to see over and over and > > > over and over and over and over, much less ever at all. I have to click > > > OK three times on each page. Make them go away. > > > > I can't think of appropriate keyword(s) to search for an existing bug. I > > > suppose component would be network, but what keyword(s)? How to describe > > > a new bug if necessary? > > > > \mptn\etc\hosts (a 9920 line file on my system - see > > > <http://www.smartin-designs.com/>) contains in part: > > > 127.0.0.1 ads.web.aol.com > > > This is actually what should happen if you do not have a web server > > running on a your local machine. > > I can't believe this. It works fine for 2.02. I don't see anything at > the indicated above URL to indicate web server on local machine is > required for the hosts file to deny access to unwanted content. > > What is meant by having a web server on my local machine? > > > Previously we had a bug that connecting to localhost with no webserver > > running would produce no error at all. > > For embedded offsite content no error at all is probably the best > behavior. > > > A cross platform fix went in that also fixed this problem. > > > As far as I know, in order to use this trick properly, you need to have > > a webserver running that connects and returns nothing. > > How is this done, and why is it necessary if 2.02 works fine? > > > See: > > > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100776 > > and > > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106188 > > Way over my head. Maybe > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28586 is on track to handle > this? > > I'm a user, not a programmer. All I know is I don't need or want popups > when adservers are unreachable, regardless of the reason why they are > unreachable. > -- > "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless > the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. > Psalm 127:1 NIV > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 > > Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/
