How to block website secretly?

[Del-Funky Smelly Be.]

I want to block to certain website. There are certain options like in IE but users can still get acess to website by using other browser. I want to block website at root level of computer so that a someone would not figure out whether it is block or not.

[cooky560 Veteran]

If you know what you are doing, use the hosts file, otherwise try parental control software, or if you have a router, block it there

[sc302 Veteran]

opendns. sign up for the service, block the website you wish. Point your router dns or point the pc dns to the open dns servers.

http://www.opendns.com/how/safer/content-filtering/

Other options would be an onsite proxy to block what ever sites based on rules you create.

[Del-Funky Smelly Be.]

I mean blocking site does not give any warning lest user know that is block intentively. Is there any other work around. :yes:

[cooky560 Veteran]

use the computers HOSTS file so that when the user enters in the blocked address it shows about:blank (a blank page) or a generic 404 error?

[Del-Funky Smelly Be.]

  On 12/05/2011 at 19:50, cooky560 said:

use the computers HOSTS file so that when the user enters in the blocked address it shows about:blank (a blank page) or a generic 404 error?

How to do it. Where it is located?

[still1]

  On 12/05/2011 at 19:52, Del-Funky Smelly Be. said:

How to do it. Where it is located?

%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\Hosts

in the file you should find some example.

Edit: Found this Hosts Link

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

  On 12/05/2011 at 19:42, cooky560 said:

If you know what you are doing, use the hosts file, otherwise try parental control software, or if you have a router, block it there

I was going to suggest exactly this. Block it through the PCs host file, just redirect it to something else.

[Del-Funky Smelly Be.]

  On 12/05/2011 at 19:58, still1 said:

%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\Hosts

in the file you should find some example

I am n00b , what to write there. :yes:

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  On 12/05/2011 at 19:52, Del-Funky Smelly Be. said:

How to do it. Where it is located?

just a google:

http://koffix.com/research/glossary/hosts-file.html

when someone will try to open a forbidden page, he will get the browser's page not found error

EDIT: the file is in C: Windows System32 Drivers etc (I'm on OSX atm and i dunno how to make backslash :blink: )

[Del-Funky Smelly Be.]

When I edit this and tries to save host file it gives me error that I donot have permission.

[sc302 Veteran]

And then what happens when the user figures out the host file is doing it? Or what happens when the user uses the ip address of the domain? Is the user going to be that computer illiterate to the point of not going to google?

[still1]

  On 12/05/2011 at 20:07, Del-Funky Smelly Be. said:

When I edit this and tries to save host file it gives me error that I donot have permission.

Yes, you will have to copy the file to your desktop. Edit it and then replace the file.... If it still dont work give the dest Hostfile complete permission.

I had problems editing them few weeks ago in windows 7.

add this to Hosts and mywebsite.com is the website you want to block.

127.0.0.1 mywebsite.com

[twist]

run notepad as an admin (right click, "run as administrator"), then edit it.

[8 Bit]

yup i totally agree on editing the host file.

[SirEvan]

Any computer user with half a brain will check the hosts file. If you want to do it so they can't access it, setup a pc with ipcop or smoothwall, edit the hosts file on there, and route all traffic through that pc. One computer controls access to all others. Hosts file locally can be defeated instantly.