[K12OSN] Filtering OT

Mel Wade mel at melwade.com
Wed Mar 28 03:54:20 UTC 2007


Our challenge is that we have a mixed enviornment.

Also, proxify.com has quite a number of other domain names that point to
their site.  That is why I chose to look for an IP based solution.

On 3/27/07, Doug Simpson <veewee77 at alltel.net> wrote:
>
>  This is kind of a lame way to do this but is highly effective. . .
>
> Assuming that you are running LTSP and etc. . .
>
> Edit /etc/hosts and add lines like:
>
> 127.0.0.1  www.proxify.com
> 127.0.0.1 proxify.com
>
> If your server is set up correctly, the first place the terminals will
> look is the /etc/hosts file.
>
> Once it finds the site, it is satisfied.  Since it points to the
> localhost, you will see the main page of whatever site you have running on
> that host.
> If you have a separate server that has a "denied access" page on it, you
> can give that IP address and the user will get that page instead. . .
>
> Works for me. . . takes a bit of time adding the denied sites, but it is
> highly effective from terminals.
>
> Doug
>
>
> Mel Wade wrote:
>
> I'm looking for a way to successfully block https://www.proxify.com   Any
> ideas?
>
> --
> Mel Wade
> "The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do." - BF
> Skinner
> http://www.melwade.com
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Mel Wade
"The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do." - BF
Skinner
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