[K12OSN] How to block myspace.com

[Doug Simpson]

One easy way to do this is to go into the /etc/hosts file and add these 
sites at the end.

examples:

127.0.0.1 myspace.com
127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com
127.0.0.1 what.ever.else.com


Do not disturb the first 127.0.0.1 line in there!!!! It has to be there 
and correct for some things to work right.

What this will do os cause the server to oint attemped connections to 
the localhost.  If you have a webserver running, it will show your local 
site. . .

Quick and dirty, but you will drive yourself nutz trying to keep up with 
all the variations of sites. . .

There are places you can get lists of thousands of entries to ut in the 
/etc/hosts file that will do this very effectively.  If I can remember, 
I will look that info u later. . .

Doug


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
>
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