Blocking A Website

[krome]

I want to block a few websites from being viewed, how do i do it??

Please help....

[ToraBoraDweller]

Several ways:

1. Add domain to windowshostfile
2. Internetfilter from virusscanner
3. Do whois and add IP to blocked zone in firewall. :sorcerer:

[krome]

Originally posted by ToraBoraDweller@3 March 2003 - 12:19
Several ways:

1. Add domain to windowshostfile
2. Internetfilter from virusscanner
3. Do whois and add IP to blocked zone in firewall. :sorcerer:
I don't know what you mean by that please explain how to use those you mension :alien: thnx

[vivitron 15]

3. Do whois and add IP to blocked zone in firewall

OK, go here (http://www.samspade.org/) and type in the URL, from IE adress bar, into "Do stuff" box, and click do stuff...

near the top, it says stg like http://www.whatever.com resolves to 123.123.123.123

put that number into your firewall, as blocked.

also, you could try searchin Kazaa for stg like netnanny, if you want to block porn and stuff

[krome]

That's a good way to block it, But is there other ways to do it by not Advertising that its blocked.. Like make it to a DNS Error???

[ToraBoraDweller]

Originally posted by krome@4 March 2003 - 15:21
That's a good way to block it, But is there other ways to do it by not Advertising that its blocked.. Like make it to a DNS Error???
You have to give us some more clues to the nature
of your problem!
Is it that you are being redirected while surfing?
If that is so reconfiguring browser settings could do the trick.
Go to Tools >internetoptions >security > customlevel
Now you can set everything in mode disabled (except File&font dwld &prompt for
certificate)
When in doubt choose prompt .
Also take a look on your ISP-helpdeskpage. B)

[Coward the Courageous Dog]

Originally posted by krome@4 March 2003 - 15:21
That's a good way to block it, But is there other ways to do it by not Advertising that its blocked.. Like make it to a DNS Error???
Point it to a DNS error? Weird, but I guess you can "assign" it an out-of-range IP or find a defunct site and assign *its* IP to the site you want to block, in your hosts and lmhosts files...

[ooo]

what's better and more useful is a ip checker for everyone who enters your webpage.... i dunno how to use perl... sigh*.... in that case... i don't even know javascript... all i know is basic c++

[Jonne]

if you want it to look like a dns error, i'd advise you to use the HOSTS trick:
search on your computer for a file called 'HOSTS' (there's no extension)
open it with notepad,
and append this line:
127.0.0.1 www.the-site-you-want-blocked.com
127.0.0.1 ads.other-site-you-wanna-block.com
save the file, and your probs are over

[[B][O][T]]

@Jonne

You're a genius!

[Jonne]

@[B][O][T]:Was that sarcasm?
it was kinda obvious; it was mentioned in the first post, but everybody kept on nagging about firewalls.

[krome]

Originally posted by Jonne@5 March 2003 - 12:41
if you want it to look like a dns error, i'd advise you to use the HOSTS trick:
search on your computer for a file called 'HOSTS' (there's no extension)
open it with notepad,
and append this line:
127.0.0.1 www.the-site-you-want-blocked.com
127.0.0.1 ads.other-site-you-wanna-block.com
save the file, and your probs are over
This worked, Thanks Jonne... :D



:alien:

[Jonne]

no thanks, just call me a genius, i like hearing that ;)

[krome]

aight, genius :P

[Jonne]

:w00t:

[DrSpud]

If you're interested in blocking ads, check out this Hosts File Project (http://remember.mine.nu/hosts.zip). It's updated often and is the most comprehensive ad blocking hosts file I've ever seen. Of course, if anyone has seen anything better, feel free to prove me wrong...

[sunrat]

Check out http://www.smartin-designs.com/ for excellent Hosts file info.
I use Phoenix (Mozilla) to browse, Hostess to edit the Hosts file, and eDexter to replace the blocked ads with 2px gif images and speed up response. I never see popups and few other ads, and page loads are very fast.
Here are some essential resources :
Hostess (http://www.smartin-designs.com/hostess.htm)
Gorilla's site (http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/)
eDexter (http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/eDexter.html)
:)