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Thread ID: 26976	2002-11-10 00:39:00	Protecting the PC and the child on the web	robo (205)	Press F1

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97492	2002-11-10 07:47:00	My understanding is that its websites IP's and actual web addresses, and when a browser goes to a website, it checks that file first, and says to itself (In laymans terms): "Hey, I've been there before coz its in this file, I know that to get directly to it, all I have to do is go here (About:blank or some other page set that is harmless), so rather than going through the long and laborios proccess of getting its IO and other stuff or whatever, I'll just go through the shortest route, which is specified in this file" I'm pretty sure it works something like that. Cheers	Chilling_Silence (9)
97493	2002-11-10 07:52:00	The hosts file can be used to help speed your access to the sites listed within it. For example, you could make an entry such as 123.45.678 www.wherever.com where 123.45.678 is the site's correct IP address. By creating this entry, your browser will not have to query an outside source to determine the IP address for www.wherever.com since it will check the hosts file first and you have told it the IP address. This method can be very effective for sites you frequently visit. An additional benifit of the hosts file is that it can also be used to block unwanted sites or servers. This can be accomplished by creating an entry such as 127.0.0.1 ads.somewhere.net or 0.0.0.0 ads.somewhere.net	godfather (25)
97494	2002-11-10 07:54:00	The hosts file is a list of IPs and names. Every domain name typed in the webbrowser will first be looked up for in the hosts file, then the DNS. Theoretically if I put in the line 210.48.100.45 pressf1.co.nz it will speed up how long it takes to get to pressf1. When you use the hosts file to block sites, what you are doing is telling your browser to go to the IP 127.0.0.1 (your local machine) which generally, will be nothing (unless your running a webserver). Or to the IP 0.0.0.0 which is an illegal IP. So you just get a "this page can not be displayed" in IE instead.	-=JM=- (16)
97495	2002-11-10 07:56:00	Yes, pretty much so Chill. The pages it "can't find" are just blank with "Page Not Found" so there's no tempting links to click on and go places forbidden.	Susan B (19)
97496	2002-11-10 07:59:00	:D Glad I remembered something about that lesson on DNS the other day :p I thought that it was pretty much the same, only for the whole network on the internal DNS server.	Chilling_Silence (9)
97497	2002-11-10 08:52:00	Nice, now I get it. You force the browser to another safe place by using the hosts file. Makes sense. Cute little technique if you can be shagged entering 4 billion IP addresses. Doesn't work when you go somewhere funny while searching for clipart of chickens or recipes for rat pie. robo.	robo (205)
97498	2002-11-10 09:23:00	I've seen Dan's guardian working quite well. It does hostname filtering and substring matches on pages. I think it needs to be running on a linux box though. Theres more info here (http://dansguardian.org/).	bmason (508)
97499	2002-11-10 11:10:00	aaaaarrrghhhh! Norton Internet Security! - pray pay a few roubles, and then spend the time to really configure it. It's all your answers.	Greg S (201)
97500	2002-11-10 12:27:00	Why not give IE Content Adviser a try, it is not perfect but it does work and you already have it in Tools/Internet Options. Nothing to do but set up the levels of access, and when you want to use IE simply disable it to allow unrestricted access. The problem with most programs restricting access is being able to allow unrestricted sites quickly when adults want to use the web and IE makes this easy. Just don't forget your password that you use for Content Adviser. More info support.microsoft.com ( [url) Here [/url]	Jim B (153)
97501	2002-11-10 19:20:00	Opera stops popups (all - which I believe only a browser can do) dead in their tracks. SiK	SoniKalien (792)
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