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how to block a website?

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blocking a website

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Abdelmonam Kouka (abdelmonam-kouka) said : 		#1

Try to use a web content control (filtering) there is many software like that. Here on of these software: https://launchpad.net/webstrict

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Larry Jordan (larryjor) said : 		#2

   Or try adding the tool for Web of Trust (WOT).

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Wim (launchpad-xs4all) said : 		#3

if you do not want to install any extra software, there is a clever work around for one (or a few) website:

if you do not want the website to be shown, you couple the text to localhost;
lets say the site forbidden.com must not be shown...

in the file /etc/hosts
change the line that states
   127.0.0.1 localhost
to a line with the text
   127.0.0.1 localhost forbidden.com

after this moment every program that searches for forbidden.com will be redirected to your own Network-Interface-Card; so the message pops up:
"Error in loading website"

Be very carefull in editing this file; if you are not sure how to do that,
question it here.

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