| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 112066 | 2010-08-22 10:32:00 | Blocking websites | deno240 (13664) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1130669 | 2010-08-22 10:32:00 | I'm not sure how to word this, I know how to block websites with the hosts, or another application (K9 web protection or something similar), but say I downloaded mozilla firefox or another web browser on my flash drive then plugged it into my computer, would I still be able to access that website through the flash drive on the computer, even though that website is blocked? Hopefully someone can understand my question. |
deno240 (13664) | ||
| 1130670 | 2010-08-22 10:56:00 | Unable to edit my post (Grr!) Changing my question - I found out blocked websites CAN still be accessed through another browser installed on a flash drive. My friend's teen is banned from going on facebook and bebo and other similar social networking sites. Said person uses 'tor' browser to access the above sites. Is there a way to block them from being accessed apart from taking away the computer and flash drive? The laptop that is being used is the teen's own that was bought with own money, flash drives can easily be replaced. |
deno240 (13664) | ||
| 1130671 | 2010-08-22 10:57:00 | I'm not sure how to word this, I know how to block websites with the hosts, or another application (K9 web protection or something similar), but say I downloaded mozilla firefox or another web browser on my flash drive then plugged it into my computer, would I still be able to access that website through the flash drive on the computer, even though that website is blocked? Hopefully someone can understand my question. did you block in the browse, or with a third party app that sits between the browser, and the router or nett connection. |
angry (15305) | ||
| 1130672 | 2010-08-22 11:00:00 | Unable to edit my post (Grr!) Changing my question - I found out blocked websites CAN still be accessed through another browser installed on a flash drive. My friend's teen is banned from going on facebook and bebo and other similar social networking sites. Said person uses 'tor' browser to access the above sites. Is there a way to block them from being accessed apart from taking away the computer and flash drive? The laptop that is being used is the teen's own that was bought with own money, flash drives can easily be replaced. how is teen acessing the nett from his laptop. as the laptop is his it will be difficult to remove his admin priveledges permanently. chilling silence among others could probably tell you what app to put in a router if you are using such. |
angry (15305) | ||
| 1130673 | 2010-08-22 11:01:00 | I just blocked through the host file.. I don't know a hell of alot about computers so can't give much advice to my friend which is why i thought i'd ask here. |
deno240 (13664) | ||
| 1130674 | 2010-08-22 11:01:00 | If there's a router in this somewhere (and its got a url blocking option), add the sites to it. May pay to change the login password, if you do | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1130675 | 2010-08-22 11:05:00 | Good idea about blocking via the router! Will give that a go. Thanks! |
deno240 (13664) | ||
| 1130676 | 2010-08-22 11:13:00 | No probs | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1130677 | 2010-08-22 11:25:00 | Thanks! It has worked. Had forgot to tick "yes" for website filtering, once I realized my mistake, it worked like a charm. Thank you again. |
deno240 (13664) | ||
| 1130678 | 2010-08-22 11:30:00 | Sweet ! However hopefully noone else goes to these sites. They'll probably get blocked as well. If you add too many entries to the hosts file, the browser / or websites may take longer to load | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1 2 3 4 | |||||