blocking site in IE6

[jan tanjo]

Hi everybody, (well everybody that reads this)

A "Hi" to Kay of Circles in particular

How can I block IE6 from going to a particular site? Hmmm Don't know if I can add to that.

[malcore]

You can block any individual website by editing a file in Windows called hosts .

To find this file go here:

Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts
Windows NT/2000/XP c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\

Right clcik on hosts and open with Notepad.

Once there just add a new line to the hosts file like this:

127.0.0.1 www.website.com

Just 127.0.0.1 followed by a space followed by the server you want to

block. Save and exit.

[jan tanjo]

Thank you

I'm not putting an extension on "hosts" file, right?

[malcore]

NO, do not add an extension to the hosts file. Leave as just hosts.

[Mitch Hatfield]

You can also do this by adding the URL for specific site/s to yout Internet Options "restricted " sites:

IE Options > Security > Restricted Sites > Add :) :)

[jan tanjo]

That would work on someone who never goes past the botton bar. The person I'm trying to keep this site from would know about this method and just go and delete it.

[Paul Komski]

I believe putting sites in the restriced zone just means that when accessed the highest security (no scripts, activeX etc etc) will apply but doesnt prevent the sites from being accessed at all.

The content advisor can block sites from being accessed - but it is a pain (particularly at the start) since if it is turned on it will put up a prompt as every new site is accessed as to whether to allow or deny (and whether to save that information in a way akin to a firewall) access to the site. Since it can be password protected - it can prevent the unauthorised from changing the settings.

Editing the hosts file or using a proxy server would seem the best options.

[sleddog]

Originally posted by jan tanjo
That would work on someone who never goes past the botton bar. The person I'm trying to keep this site from would know about this method and just go and delete it.

If the person is savvy, then the only way to block is to: (a) use a password-protected proxy, and (b) force IE to use the proxy. For the first, WebWasher is available. The second would require that you -- as the system administrator -- 'lock' the internet settings used by IE so that the person (running as an ordinary user) cannot change them. Doing this requires that you are on Windows 2000 or XP. Are you?

[jan tanjo]

No I'm running 98se, the hosts trick works fine and does exactly what I wanted

[malcore]

If the user is savvy enough to discover the hosts trick, you can try to make it a bit more difficult for him/her to change it back.

You can right click on hosts, select properties and tick the boxes for "read only" (not allowing any changes to be made) and "hidden" (hiding the file from view). Of course, they can change these also, but it makes it just that little bit more difficult.;)

[ErnieK]

Remember to do the same as Malcore said with the Hosts backup file as well.