Comment by Karuma 4 years ago Programmers should never put DLLs in those folders... Or even ever touch them. 7 comments Karuma Reply mastax 4 years ago Except for \Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, of course. jaywalk 4 years ago I occasionally try to search for the reasoning behind the location of the hosts file in Windows, and I always come up blank. jve 4 years ago https://superuser.com/questions/355297/why-does-windows-have... blincoln 4 years ago Maybe it's from back before Windows had a built-in TCP/IP stack? If it were a third-party/optional driver, having files related to it in a path under system32\drivers would make sense. 2 replies → HideousKojima 4 years ago They originally copied BSD's network stack, IIRC
mastax 4 years ago Except for \Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, of course. jaywalk 4 years ago I occasionally try to search for the reasoning behind the location of the hosts file in Windows, and I always come up blank. jve 4 years ago https://superuser.com/questions/355297/why-does-windows-have... blincoln 4 years ago Maybe it's from back before Windows had a built-in TCP/IP stack? If it were a third-party/optional driver, having files related to it in a path under system32\drivers would make sense. 2 replies → HideousKojima 4 years ago They originally copied BSD's network stack, IIRC
jaywalk 4 years ago I occasionally try to search for the reasoning behind the location of the hosts file in Windows, and I always come up blank. jve 4 years ago https://superuser.com/questions/355297/why-does-windows-have... blincoln 4 years ago Maybe it's from back before Windows had a built-in TCP/IP stack? If it were a third-party/optional driver, having files related to it in a path under system32\drivers would make sense. 2 replies → HideousKojima 4 years ago They originally copied BSD's network stack, IIRC
blincoln 4 years ago Maybe it's from back before Windows had a built-in TCP/IP stack? If it were a third-party/optional driver, having files related to it in a path under system32\drivers would make sense. 2 replies →
Except for \Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, of course.
I occasionally try to search for the reasoning behind the location of the hosts file in Windows, and I always come up blank.
https://superuser.com/questions/355297/why-does-windows-have...
Maybe it's from back before Windows had a built-in TCP/IP stack? If it were a third-party/optional driver, having files related to it in a path under system32\drivers would make sense.
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They originally copied BSD's network stack, IIRC