Re: Is there such a thing?

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:37ednYPUoJrYKj3anZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@xxxxxxxxx
"Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOO!!!!!!@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:60bqe7F1qeqcmU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assuming that these other computers are locked into restricted normal user accounts, you could just use a HOSTS file to redirect those sites to a webpage that just says that this site has been blocked, or whatever. There would be ways around it, but it'd be effective against the average user.

That would be my suggestions.
Edit the hosts file to send all traffic for the domain names you want blocking to 127.0.0.1


But that would just result in confusion for the user I think, and they would think that something was broken. If one of the machines on the network was serving a single webpage, the pages could just redirect to that internal IP instead, to a page with this sort of theme:

http://www2.hbuhsd.org/webblocked.htm

Which would result in temporary blindness for the users....



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Alex

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