[K12OSN] How to block myspace.com
Mike Ely
mely at rogueriver.k12.or.us
Wed May 24 21:53:01 UTC 2006
Mike Ely wrote:
> Dave Prentice wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I'm sure this has been dealt with before, but I can't figure out how
>> to search the archives. Is there an easy way on K12LTSP to prevent
>> students from logging on to myspace.com? I've heard so many potential
>> dangers that I don't want them accessing it from school.
>> Thanks,
>> Dave Prentice
>>
>
> It really depends on what you have for a gateway. That's the place you
> should block it. Another trick I use is to tell my internal DNS server
> that the ipaddress for any myspace.com address is 127.0.0.1 - works
> rather well =]
>
Ergh, self-referential reply. Anyhow, you can add the 127.0.0.1 entry
to /etc/hosts on the LTSP server to the same effect.
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