Wildcard in HOSTS file?

[Guest]

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Is it possible to wildcard a domain in a hosts file so that all subdomains
are pointed to a specific IP?

ie


192.168.0.1 bob.com
192.168.0.1 www.bob.com
192.168.0.1 another.bob.com


is replaced by

192.168.0.1 *.bob.com


????

 

[Jerry]

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No

"Grahammer" <dont.spam@me.here> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to wildcard a domain in a hosts file so that all subdomains
> are pointed to a specific IP?
>
> ie
>
>
> 192.168.0.1 bob.com
> 192.168.0.1 www.bob.com
> 192.168.0.1 another.bob.com
>
>
> is replaced by
>
> 192.168.0.1 *.bob.com
>
>
> ????
>
>

 

[iloahz]

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage (More info?)

Is it possible to wildcard a domain in a hosts file so that all subdomains
are pointed to a specific IP?

ie


192.168.0.1 bob.com
192.168.0.1 www.bob.com
192.168.0.1 another.bob.com


is replaced by

192.168.0.1 *.bob.com


????