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how to block a website/domain in Ubuntu

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http://blog.sudobits.com – There are lot of softwares available in the market – just to make some websites inaccessible from a computer, possibly for productivity reasons e.g blocking facebook, (facebook is killing productivity ? but I don’t think it’s good way, as I promote free speech, free information and of course, freedom!) or to filter out the sites having contents, which may not be suitable for some users (e.g if you want to block porn sites, to make it inaccessible for kids) or simply to block useless spam sites. Anyway, in this post, you will learn – how to block websites or domains (HowTos)

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Submitted by sunime on 01/13/2012 – Made popular on 01/13/2012

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Looks like this rule works to blocking facebook domain, when not visiting the facebook domain (ex.: "like/share" etc. buttons on other pages then facebook):

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I am using Zentyal Os as a firewall, it working fine like blocking http sites and but I am not able to block https facebook site. My only aim is need to block https facebook site, like need to block 443 port.

So is there any chance control using iptables with transparent mode.

Please anyone help me to resolve.

Software to block Facebook 30 weeks 4 days ago

I wish to install a software in server of my office which can block facebook or any other website which I wish to block in client systems.

I am using NETGEAR Wireless-N-300 Router Model among couple of peoples to sahre internet connectivity.

I have an Ubuntu server acting as a firewall/gateway to a lan consisting of 30 PC's. Of these PC's, only some may access the internet.

I now need to allow a single PC to access the internet, but I need to be able to block certain websites such as twitter.com and Facebook and some others (as its proving to be counter-productive).

On the Ubuntu server, I have squid running (not transparent) that a

We have server which is connected with more than 10 thin client machine. I have tried to block the websites ( facebook, orkut,twitter ) for all the users. it works fine for me. But , I want to block for particular user ( thinclient ) or by the way of IP address of machine. How can I do that.

Block Websites at Work 35 weeks 5 days ago

At work there are about 40 PCs. I want to block all the websites and only allow a few Domains/Websites for operators. A few operators can access anything.

I want something quick and easy so I can filter the Block/Allow websites for all computers from one main computer, like a server or something.

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Well, that’s embarrassing. Earlier this afternoon, as covered by AllThingsD and a number of sites, a Facebook Connect glitch caused serious problems on websites including the Huffington Post, Salon, MSNBC.com, CNN, Yelp, and others. Apparently, if you were logged into Facebook, when you visited one of those sites, you’d get redirected to Facebook.com, where you’d then get an erro

Dear All,

I have FC-4 with Squid and Dansguardian. Internet Users in my organisation are configured to use proxy with 8080 in browser IE. There's no issue with Users as DG working perfect for them.