Adobe Hosts File Block List -

Report compiled for educational and system administration awareness purposes only.

If you own a legitimate perpetual license for Adobe CS6 (purchased before 2013) and want to run it on a modern machine without Adobe’s "kill switch" for old activations, a hosts file block list can preserve your legal installation.

To verify a domain is blocked, open Command Prompt/Terminal and type: Adobe Hosts File Block List

0.0.0.0 adobe.com 0.0.0.0 lmlicenses.adobe.com 0.0.0.0 na2m-pr.licenses.adobe.com 0.0.0.0 practivate.adobe.com

| Domain | Purpose (according to reverse engineering) | |--------|---------------------------------------------| | activate.adobe.com | Primary activation server | | practivate.adobe.com | Practice/validation activation | | ereg.adobe.com | Electronic registration | | activate.wip3.adobe.com | Activation endpoint | | wip3.adobe.com | General activation network | | 3dns-1.adobe.com | DNS-based activation | | 3dns-2.adobe.com | Secondary DNS activation | | adobe-dns.adobe.com | Adobe DNS services | | adobe-dns-1.adobe.com | Primary Adobe DNS | | adobe-dns-2.adobe.com | Secondary Adobe DNS | | adobe-dns-3.adobe.com | Tertiary Adobe DNS | | ereg.wip3.adobe.com | Registration endpoint | | activate-sea.adobe.com | Seattle-based activation | | activate-sjc0.adobe.com | San Jose activation | | hl2rcv.adobe.com | License validation | | trial.adobe.com | Trial status checks | | na1r.services.adobe.com | North American services | | na2r.services.adobe.com | Secondary NA services | | lm.licenses.adobe.com | License management | | lmlicenses.wip4.adobe.com | License management (WIP4) | | licenses.adobe.com | License validation | | ntrk.adobe.com | Tracking/telemetry | | crl.verisign.net | Certificate revocation (used by Adobe) | | ocsp.verisign.net | OCSP validation | | CRL.verisign.com | Legacy certificate check | The Hosts file list is like using a

In short: Adobe has already won the arms race. The Hosts file list is like using a wooden shield against a laser cannon.

files, as this is often more reliable than domain-based blocking. Common targets for blocking include:

Modern Adobe Creative Cloud applications connect to dozens of endpoints for different services. Common targets for blocking include: