Mario Contestabile wrote:

> Fyi, Any NT app can bypass the local hosts file using DnsQuery(...,...,
> DNS_QUERY_NO_HOSTS_FILE, ...);

"Any NT app" ???

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dns/dns/
dnsquery.asp?frame=true

...

Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional: This value is
not supported.

Of course, what the dox say and what works may be two different
things...


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald