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This repo consolidates several reputable `hosts` files and consolidates them into a single hosts file that you can use.
**Currently this hosts file contains 26680 unique entries.**
**Currently this hosts file contains 26792 unique entries.**
## Source of host data amalgamated here
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## Why use `0` instead of `0.0.0.0` or `127.0.0.1`?
See [here](http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r16790135-Large-Hosts-file-0-0-0-0-or-127-0-0-1) and [here](http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r24621780-hosts-127-0-0-1-vs-0-0-0-0). Turns out using just `0` increases parsing speed, and it makes the hosts file smaller.
## Why use `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`?
Using `0.0.0.0` is faster.
## Why not use just `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`?
We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.
## Location of your hosts file
To modify your current `hosts` file, look for it in the following places and modify it with a text editor.