| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 73753 | 2006-10-30 08:59:00 | Blocking websites.... | KiwiMR2 (6464) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 495252 | 2006-10-30 08:59:00 | Have had success listing the www address in the host file BUT there are a couple I can't seem to block......there forums, set up like this one. It has http:// instead of a www and I can't seem to get it to block. Any idea's? Cheers KiwiMR2 |
KiwiMR2 (6464) | ||
| 495253 | 2006-10-30 18:45:00 | Just do it normally, as if the 'pressf1' part was www. I'm not sure if it will work or not though. :) | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 495254 | 2006-10-30 21:02:00 | Just do it normally, as if the 'pressf1' part was www. I'm not sure if it will work or not though. :) Yeah I tried that and it didn't work :( Cheers KiwiMR2 |
KiwiMR2 (6464) | ||
| 495255 | 2006-10-31 01:08:00 | If you put the " part in, it won't work. It can't work. The protocol bit (before the "//"" target="_blank">" part in, it won't work. It can't work. The protocol bit (before the ") makes that a URL, not an address. The hosts file is part of the TCP/IP transport system, which handles packets, and knows about addresses. URLs are not interchangeable with IP addresses or "fully qualified domain names". The "www" host name in some web site names is not a protocol indicator. It is just a name for a particular host in a domain. A host called www.fred.com could be the fred.com domain's FTP server. The name has no direct relationship with what services a host supplies. Many web sites have some variant of 'WWW" as the host name. It is not necessary, and it's certainly not compulsory. If you add it when the name is complete without it, you are entering a wrong address. You must use only names which are registered in the DNS system. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 495256 | 2006-10-31 08:57:00 | Ah ok....makes sense. So what would be the best way to block such a site? without making it obvious? Cheers KiwiMR2 |
KiwiMR2 (6464) | ||
| 495257 | 2006-11-01 00:22:00 | www.microsoft.com 127.0.0.1 pressf1.co.nz 127.0.0.1 .... Just use the address. ;) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 495258 | 2006-11-03 20:12:00 | How do I find out the address? Cheers KiwiMR2 |
KiwiMR2 (6464) | ||
| 495259 | 2006-11-03 22:57:00 | How do I find out the address? Try pinging or Traceroute the site you want & you should be able to get the ip address from that. Hope this helps :) |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 495260 | 2006-11-03 23:05:00 | How do I find out the address? Open the Command Prompt, type in ping www.sitename.com - it'll show you the IP. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 495261 | 2006-11-04 04:20:00 | Super...thanks guys :) I'll give it a try tomorrow once Im back at work.....one set of forums is about all I have left to block, then I've blocked enough of everyones addictions that they one make short visits to the internet machine when there supposed to be working ;) Cheers KiwiMR2 |
KiwiMR2 (6464) | ||
| 1 2 | |||||