[K12OSN] How to block myspace.com

[Hoover Chan]

Yes, if the person knew the actual IP address, the simple DNS trick 
wouldn't work. At that point, your best bet might be to revise the access 
control list for the router.

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Hoover Chan                   chan at sacredsf.org
Technology Network Coordinator
Schools of the Sacred Heart
2222 Broadway St.
San Francisco, CA 94115


On Thu, 25 May 2006, Gentgeen wrote:

> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:26:03 -0400
> From: Gentgeen <gentgeen at linuxmail.org>
> To: chan at sacredsf.org,
>     Support list for opensource software in schools. <k12osn at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] How to block myspace.com
> Resent-Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 10:24:07 -0700
> Resent-From: chan at sacredsf.org
> Resent-To: hchan at albert.sacredsf.org
> 
>
> Nice idea, set the host file to 192.168.xx.xx (or what ever internal
> network IP) and set up an old P1 as the webserver there.  The have the
> index.html page explain what is going on and why.  A lot nicer then the
> "localhost" IP.
>
> Question though -- if the kid actually know that
> myspace.com=63.208.226.43  wouldn't he/she be able to bypass the host
> file/DNS entry?
>
> Gentgeen
>
> On Thu, 25 May 2006 09:22:46 -0700 (PDT)
> Hoover Chan <chan at sacredsf.org> wrote:
>> Interesting tactic.
>>
>> Another one along the same lines, if you have access to your own DNS
>> servers and can create virtual Web hosts, is to have them point to a
>> real  place, your own, with a message about why they were directed
>> there.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> Hoover Chan                   chan at sacredsf.org
>> Technology Network Coordinator
>> Schools of the Sacred Heart
>> 2222 Broadway St.
>> San Francisco, CA 94115
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 24 May 2006, Doug Simpson wrote:
>>
>>> 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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