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
# etc...
-## 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.