hosts`

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Oct 10, 2022 at 7:25	history	edited	jaume	CC BY-SA 4.0	Improved wording
Oct 10, 2022 at 6:16	comment	added	jaume		@Wowfunhappy Good point, I've expanded the answer with the rationale.
Oct 10, 2022 at 6:16	history	edited	jaume	CC BY-SA 4.0	Expanded as per Wowfunhappy's comment
Oct 9, 2022 at 23:08	comment	added	Wowfunhappy		Thanks! I would encourage you to add the rationale to your answer. This will also let people know the consequences of turning it off.
Oct 9, 2022 at 17:17	comment	added	jaume		@Wowfunhappy The rationale behind this is that the user can then access a VM by hostname instead of by IP address, which is certainly convenient, for example when connecting with SSH to a VM. However, I agree with you, and would expect this to be: 1) disabled by default 2) easily configurable with the GUI instead of with some obscure XML file.
Oct 9, 2022 at 16:21	comment	added	Wowfunhappy		Do you understand why Parallels is adding itself to Hosts? As in, what is it trying to achieve? As a non-user of Parallels, this seems fairly invasive.
Oct 9, 2022 at 8:54	history	edited	jaume	CC BY-SA 4.0	Reordered paragraphs to improve readability
Oct 9, 2022 at 7:43	history	edited	jaume	CC BY-SA 4.0	Expanded to include a firewall-based plan B
Sep 28, 2022 at 6:23	history	edited	jaume	CC BY-SA 4.0	Add introductory paragraph
Sep 27, 2022 at 8:59	history	answered	jaume	CC BY-SA 4.0