Windows DNS cache (was: Why does Firefox not respect the HOSTS file in Windows)

In message , Char Jackson
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You can view the Windows DNS cache with the following command:

ipconfig /displaydns

Thanks, interesting.

By repeatedly running the following command, which simply pulls out the Time
To Live (TTL) values for easier visibility, you can see the TTL starting
values as well as seeing the TTL count down toward zero. When it hits zero,
the DNS entry is removed from the cache.

ipconfig /displaydns | find "Time To Live"

Lastly, for testing purposes, you can clear the Windows DNS cache with the
following command:

ipconfig /flushdns

There are no ill effects as a result of clearing the cache. It simply
rebuilds over time, as necessary.

I did it, and (I'm running XP) it said

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

I then did ipconfig /displaydns | find "Time To Live" again, and it
looked to still have the same number of lines; doing it without the pipe
to "find" (piping to "more" instead) looks the same, too.
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