Thread: Blocking ads on N9 (Custom hosts file HOW-TO)
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Manatus is offline Manatus
2012-02-09 , 13:06
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Originally Posted by balisingh View Post
wow, i had no idea that aegis was so bad and that i have been fooled with that pretty terminal and SU. why Nokia? why.
Is there a thread that shows exactly how&what aegis does and control? why cant we circumvent it? is it because it keeps a md5 hash or something of certain files and directories.
There is no comprehensive thread, but there is more: a proper wiki:
http://www.developer.nokia.com/Commu...Platform_Guide

http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/docs/..._security.html

Aegis does a lot of things, and not all of them are bad for users...

Missing the hosts file from the aegis configuration sounds and most probably is insecure, but I think that Harmattan devs have done this on purpose as a small nod to users not afraid to tinker to allow adblocking.
Just guessing here of course, but certainly there is no actual need for them to have it open as it contains only the
"127.0.0.1 RM696 localhost" by default and it is unlikely that it would change in any future updates.