On 12/07/12 08:50, I.S.C. William wrote:
> It is possible to block a site by domain name?
> 
> for example:
> 
> REJECT    loc     net:www.domin1.com <http://www.domin1.com>    tcp    443
> REJECT    loc     net:www.domin2.com <http://www.domin2.com>    tcp     80
> 
> It can be IP, but at the same wonder if you can just by domain name.

You can do this, but it is not recommended because:

1. The name is resolved to an IP address on startup, and after that only
the IP is used.  So if the site changes addresses, this will become
ineffective until you restart shorewall.

2. If you don't have working DNS resolution on startup, shorewall will
fail to start.

Because of this, you're much better off redirecting all browsing through
a local proxy and blocking it there with squidGuard, Dan's Guardian, or
something similar.

Paul


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