Override DNS in Firefox
I'm looking for a way to override DNS entries in Firefox, for development/testing purposes. I know the normal way to do this is via the hosts file, but I cannot edit it since I don't have admin access on my work machine. Does anyone know of a browser plugin/addon which would do this for me?
I did find the SwitchHosts add-on, although it also requires admin rights in order to install itself.
firefox dns hosts-file
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I'm looking for a way to override DNS entries in Firefox, for development/testing purposes. I know the normal way to do this is via the hosts file, but I cannot edit it since I don't have admin access on my work machine. Does anyone know of a browser plugin/addon which would do this for me?
I did find the SwitchHosts add-on, although it also requires admin rights in order to install itself.
firefox dns hosts-file
edited Aug 23 '13 at 14:52
wonea
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asked Sep 2 '10 at 11:55
John J. CamilleriJohn J. Camilleri
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migrated from stackoverflow.com Sep 4 '10 at 12:25
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I'm looking for a way to override DNS entries in Firefox, for development/testing purposes. I know the normal way to do this is via the hosts file, but I cannot edit it since I don't have admin access on my work machine. Does anyone know of a browser plugin/addon which would do this for me?
I did find the SwitchHosts add-on, although it also requires admin rights in order to install itself.
firefox dns hosts-file
edited Aug 23 '13 at 14:52
wonea
1,48211940
asked Sep 2 '10 at 11:55
John J. CamilleriJohn J. Camilleri
211138
I'm looking for a way to override DNS entries in Firefox, for development/testing purposes. I know the normal way to do this is via the hosts file, but I cannot edit it since I don't have admin access on my work machine. Does anyone know of a browser plugin/addon which would do this for me?
I did find the SwitchHosts add-on, although it also requires admin rights in order to install itself.
firefox dns hosts-file
firefox dns hosts-file
edited Aug 23 '13 at 14:52
wonea
1,48211940
asked Sep 2 '10 at 11:55
John J. CamilleriJohn J. Camilleri
211138
edited Aug 23 '13 at 14:52
wonea
1,48211940
asked Sep 2 '10 at 11:55
John J. CamilleriJohn J. Camilleri
211138
edited Aug 23 '13 at 14:52
wonea
1,48211940
edited Aug 23 '13 at 14:52
wonea
1,48211940
edited Aug 23 '13 at 14:52
wonea
1,48211940
1,48211940
asked Sep 2 '10 at 11:55
John J. CamilleriJohn J. Camilleri
211138
asked Sep 2 '10 at 11:55
John J. CamilleriJohn J. Camilleri
211138
asked Sep 2 '10 at 11:55
John J. CamilleriJohn J. Camilleri
211138
211138
migrated from stackoverflow.com Sep 4 '10 at 12:25
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One possibility is to have a socks 5 server on a machine that you have administrative control on, set up this machine as your socks proxy in firefox, and change network.proxy.socks_remote_dns in about:config to true. In theory, all DNS lookups should be done through the proxy, so you should be able to supply your own IP addresses.
answered Sep 2 '10 at 12:45
DysasterDysaster
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True that would work, although I was hoping for something a bit simpler.. Also a disadvantage to this method is that I wouldn't be able to change DNS entries on the fly.
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 14:13
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@John, the "something a bit simpler" might be to talk to your boss to get admin privileges on your development box. This DNS issue is a very good example of why you need that, if you'd ask me!
– Arjan
Sep 4 '10 at 12:38
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Fiddler has such an option: Tools->hosts
Thanks, but unfortunately I'm not able to install it on my machine either...
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 12:26
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If it's just for a few specific requests: the Live HTTP Headers allows for editing HTTP headers and then re-playing the request.
(For other options see also Send Host header when accessing IP address in Firefox on Stack Overflow.)
edited May 23 '17 at 12:41
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There are many plug-ins which can change the hosts file:
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/change-hosts/ (not available anymore)
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/hostadmin/ (not available anymore)- and more
but they all need write access to the hosts file.
I wonder, why it is not possible to edit the browsers DNS-cache.
My use-case: Seeing the local version of a page in one browser and the online version in another browser.
answered Oct 25 '12 at 22:17
white_geckowhite_gecko
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1
broken links in post
– Hayden Thring
Jan 21 at 21:47
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This is my answer to fix this on another post. It has to do with your firefox preferences.
https://superuser.com/a/1319727/247728
answered May 4 '18 at 10:23
JayRizzoJayRizzo
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One possibility is to have a socks 5 server on a machine that you have administrative control on, set up this machine as your socks proxy in firefox, and change network.proxy.socks_remote_dns in about:config to true. In theory, all DNS lookups should be done through the proxy, so you should be able to supply your own IP addresses.
answered Sep 2 '10 at 12:45
DysasterDysaster
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True that would work, although I was hoping for something a bit simpler.. Also a disadvantage to this method is that I wouldn't be able to change DNS entries on the fly.
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 14:13
1
@John, the "something a bit simpler" might be to talk to your boss to get admin privileges on your development box. This DNS issue is a very good example of why you need that, if you'd ask me!
– Arjan
Sep 4 '10 at 12:38
add a comment |
One possibility is to have a socks 5 server on a machine that you have administrative control on, set up this machine as your socks proxy in firefox, and change network.proxy.socks_remote_dns in about:config to true. In theory, all DNS lookups should be done through the proxy, so you should be able to supply your own IP addresses.
answered Sep 2 '10 at 12:45
DysasterDysaster
31115
1
True that would work, although I was hoping for something a bit simpler.. Also a disadvantage to this method is that I wouldn't be able to change DNS entries on the fly.
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 14:13
1
@John, the "something a bit simpler" might be to talk to your boss to get admin privileges on your development box. This DNS issue is a very good example of why you need that, if you'd ask me!
– Arjan
Sep 4 '10 at 12:38
add a comment |
One possibility is to have a socks 5 server on a machine that you have administrative control on, set up this machine as your socks proxy in firefox, and change network.proxy.socks_remote_dns in about:config to true. In theory, all DNS lookups should be done through the proxy, so you should be able to supply your own IP addresses.
answered Sep 2 '10 at 12:45
DysasterDysaster
31115
One possibility is to have a socks 5 server on a machine that you have administrative control on, set up this machine as your socks proxy in firefox, and change network.proxy.socks_remote_dns in about:config to true. In theory, all DNS lookups should be done through the proxy, so you should be able to supply your own IP addresses.
answered Sep 2 '10 at 12:45
DysasterDysaster
31115
answered Sep 2 '10 at 12:45
DysasterDysaster
31115
answered Sep 2 '10 at 12:45
DysasterDysaster
31115
answered Sep 2 '10 at 12:45
DysasterDysaster
31115
31115
1
True that would work, although I was hoping for something a bit simpler.. Also a disadvantage to this method is that I wouldn't be able to change DNS entries on the fly.
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 14:13
1
@John, the "something a bit simpler" might be to talk to your boss to get admin privileges on your development box. This DNS issue is a very good example of why you need that, if you'd ask me!
– Arjan
Sep 4 '10 at 12:38
add a comment |
1
True that would work, although I was hoping for something a bit simpler.. Also a disadvantage to this method is that I wouldn't be able to change DNS entries on the fly.
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 14:13
1
@John, the "something a bit simpler" might be to talk to your boss to get admin privileges on your development box. This DNS issue is a very good example of why you need that, if you'd ask me!
– Arjan
Sep 4 '10 at 12:38
1
1
True that would work, although I was hoping for something a bit simpler.. Also a disadvantage to this method is that I wouldn't be able to change DNS entries on the fly.
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 14:13
True that would work, although I was hoping for something a bit simpler.. Also a disadvantage to this method is that I wouldn't be able to change DNS entries on the fly.
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 14:13
1
1
@John, the "something a bit simpler" might be to talk to your boss to get admin privileges on your development box. This DNS issue is a very good example of why you need that, if you'd ask me!
– Arjan
Sep 4 '10 at 12:38
@John, the "something a bit simpler" might be to talk to your boss to get admin privileges on your development box. This DNS issue is a very good example of why you need that, if you'd ask me!
– Arjan
Sep 4 '10 at 12:38
add a comment |
Fiddler has such an option: Tools->hosts
Thanks, but unfortunately I'm not able to install it on my machine either...
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 12:26
add a comment |
Fiddler has such an option: Tools->hosts
Thanks, but unfortunately I'm not able to install it on my machine either...
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 12:26
add a comment |
Fiddler has such an option: Tools->hosts
Fiddler has such an option: Tools->hosts
answered Sep 2 '10 at 12:05
Alex Reitbort
Thanks, but unfortunately I'm not able to install it on my machine either...
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 12:26
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Thanks, but unfortunately I'm not able to install it on my machine either...
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 12:26
Thanks, but unfortunately I'm not able to install it on my machine either...
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 12:26
Thanks, but unfortunately I'm not able to install it on my machine either...
– John J. Camilleri
Sep 2 '10 at 12:26
add a comment |
If it's just for a few specific requests: the Live HTTP Headers allows for editing HTTP headers and then re-playing the request.
(For other options see also Send Host header when accessing IP address in Firefox on Stack Overflow.)
edited May 23 '17 at 12:41
Community♦
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answered Sep 4 '10 at 12:40
ArjanArjan
26.9k1065107
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If it's just for a few specific requests: the Live HTTP Headers allows for editing HTTP headers and then re-playing the request.
(For other options see also Send Host header when accessing IP address in Firefox on Stack Overflow.)
edited May 23 '17 at 12:41
Community♦
1
answered Sep 4 '10 at 12:40
ArjanArjan
26.9k1065107
add a comment |
If it's just for a few specific requests: the Live HTTP Headers allows for editing HTTP headers and then re-playing the request.
(For other options see also Send Host header when accessing IP address in Firefox on Stack Overflow.)
edited May 23 '17 at 12:41
Community♦
1
answered Sep 4 '10 at 12:40
ArjanArjan
26.9k1065107
If it's just for a few specific requests: the Live HTTP Headers allows for editing HTTP headers and then re-playing the request.
(For other options see also Send Host header when accessing IP address in Firefox on Stack Overflow.)
edited May 23 '17 at 12:41
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answered Sep 4 '10 at 12:40
ArjanArjan
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Community♦
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There are many plug-ins which can change the hosts file:
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/change-hosts/ (not available anymore)
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/hostadmin/ (not available anymore)- and more
but they all need write access to the hosts file.
I wonder, why it is not possible to edit the browsers DNS-cache.
My use-case: Seeing the local version of a page in one browser and the online version in another browser.
answered Oct 25 '12 at 22:17
white_geckowhite_gecko
20438
1
broken links in post
– Hayden Thring
Jan 21 at 21:47
add a comment |
There are many plug-ins which can change the hosts file:
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/change-hosts/ (not available anymore)
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/hostadmin/ (not available anymore)- and more
but they all need write access to the hosts file.
I wonder, why it is not possible to edit the browsers DNS-cache.
My use-case: Seeing the local version of a page in one browser and the online version in another browser.
answered Oct 25 '12 at 22:17
white_geckowhite_gecko
20438
1
broken links in post
– Hayden Thring
Jan 21 at 21:47
add a comment |
There are many plug-ins which can change the hosts file:
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/change-hosts/ (not available anymore)
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/hostadmin/ (not available anymore)- and more
but they all need write access to the hosts file.
I wonder, why it is not possible to edit the browsers DNS-cache.
My use-case: Seeing the local version of a page in one browser and the online version in another browser.
answered Oct 25 '12 at 22:17
white_geckowhite_gecko
20438
There are many plug-ins which can change the hosts file:
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/change-hosts/ (not available anymore)
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/hostadmin/ (not available anymore)- and more
but they all need write access to the hosts file.
I wonder, why it is not possible to edit the browsers DNS-cache.
My use-case: Seeing the local version of a page in one browser and the online version in another browser.
answered Oct 25 '12 at 22:17
white_geckowhite_gecko
20438
edited Jan 22 at 10:16
answered Oct 25 '12 at 22:17
white_geckowhite_gecko
20438
answered Oct 25 '12 at 22:17
white_geckowhite_gecko
20438
answered Oct 25 '12 at 22:17
white_geckowhite_gecko
20438
20438
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broken links in post
– Hayden Thring
Jan 21 at 21:47
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broken links in post
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broken links in post
– Hayden Thring
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broken links in post
– Hayden Thring
Jan 21 at 21:47
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This is my answer to fix this on another post. It has to do with your firefox preferences.
https://superuser.com/a/1319727/247728
answered May 4 '18 at 10:23
JayRizzoJayRizzo
1313
add a comment |
This is my answer to fix this on another post. It has to do with your firefox preferences.
https://superuser.com/a/1319727/247728
answered May 4 '18 at 10:23
JayRizzoJayRizzo
1313
add a comment |
This is my answer to fix this on another post. It has to do with your firefox preferences.
https://superuser.com/a/1319727/247728
answered May 4 '18 at 10:23
JayRizzoJayRizzo
1313
This is my answer to fix this on another post. It has to do with your firefox preferences.
https://superuser.com/a/1319727/247728
answered May 4 '18 at 10:23
JayRizzoJayRizzo
1313
answered May 4 '18 at 10:23
JayRizzoJayRizzo
1313
answered May 4 '18 at 10:23
JayRizzoJayRizzo
1313
answered May 4 '18 at 10:23
JayRizzoJayRizzo
1313
1313
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