redirecting domain names

2006-01-22 Thread Peter Fraser
On my windows machines, I use the hosts file from http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm; which removes a lot of junk from the internet. Rather than going to each machine an installing this hosts file in \windows\system32\drivers\etc I would rather have my firewall block these names instead.

Re: redirecting domain names

2006-01-22 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/01/22 12:39, Peter Fraser wrote: Rather than going to each machine an installing this hosts file in \windows\system32\drivers\etc I would rather have my firewall block these names instead. Please note the blocking has to be done on the name, not the ip address. You'll need to use

Re: redirecting domain names

2006-01-22 Thread Nick Holland
Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2006/01/22 12:39, Peter Fraser wrote: Rather than going to each machine an installing this hosts file in \windows\system32\drivers\etc I would rather have my firewall block these names instead. Please note the blocking has to be done on the name, not the ip

Re: redirecting domain names

2006-01-22 Thread Joakim Aronius
Hi, I use DNS to solve this too. Got my list from http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/ which can generate config files in a bunch if different formats. Works great. Cheers, /jkm * Nick Holland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2006/01/22 12:39, Peter Fraser wrote: Rather

Re: redirecting domain names

2006-01-22 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/01/22 13:54, Nick Holland wrote: You'll need to use a web proxy for this. Just set up a poisoned DNS resolver to mangle resolution of any domain or subdomain you don't want people going to, which is what you are doing in a machine-by-machine

Re: redirecting domain names

2006-01-22 Thread Rod.. Whitworth
On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:39:15 -0500, Peter Fraser wrote: On my windows machines, I use the hosts file from http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm; which removes a lot of junk from the internet. Rather than going to each machine an installing this hosts file in \windows\system32\drivers\etc I