[dns-operations] host.txt max size

[Mark Andrews]

How long is a piece of string?

You ask a question for which there is no answer. 
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Mark Andrews

> On 15 Jul 2019, at 19:52, Irena Damsky <irena at damsky.tech> wrote:
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> And yet it doesn't give you an indication of the file size that will make the machine unstable / resolution time per domain take forever.
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> I am looking for a solution that can be implemented on a windows machine and will not change the dns resolver setup, nor can I create a local server instance in this particular case.
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> Irena
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>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 11:20 PM Tomas L. Byrnes <tomb at byrneit.net> wrote:
>> This site: http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/ has been providing resources to enable people to do exactly that for nearly 20 years.
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>> From: dns-operations <dns-operations-bounces at dns-oarc.net> On Behalf Of Irena Damsky
>> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2019 8:33 AM
>> To: dns-operations at dns-oarc.net
>> Subject: [dns-operations] host.txt max size
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>> Hi team,
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>> Looking for a quick a dirty solution for blocking malicious domains from a PC, wanted to use hosts.txt on a windows machine,
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>> cannot seem to find any official resources that will mention the optimal maximum size for the file size - any suggestions?
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>> Irena
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