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I need to prevent wamp from loading external links in order to have a better performance
I'm using PrestaShop and sometimes it looks for updates and currency rates etc which slows down loading the page and I get "Waiting for localhost..."
I need a configuration for apache or php that blocks any external request
UnLoCo
Posted 2015-01-14T10:42:52.363
Reputation: 111
Can you turn off the checking for updates in the PrestaShop configuration pages? Currency rate: is this a plugin or built-in to PrestaShop? You could modify your hosts file for the address(es) being connected to redirect to your localhost - they'll not resolve and I have no idea what effect this may have on your site performance... – Kinnectus – 2015-01-14T11:04:42.497
I wanted to have a config that blocks any requests without the need to configure PrestaShop or other frameworks and definitely without modifying the hosts file because I might use the same services on my PC – UnLoCo – 2015-01-14T11:22:04.090
I blocked Apache outbound connections in my firewall, seems to work pretty well! – UnLoCo – 2015-01-14T11:30:06.103