[K12OSN] How to block myspace.com

[Steven Santos]

Perhaps direct them to a school hosted social networking site?



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
> Behalf Of Hoover Chan
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:23 PM
> To: Doug Simpson
> Cc: Support list for opensource software in schools.
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] How to block myspace.com
>
>
> Interesting tactic.
>
> Another one along the same lines, if you have access to your own DNS
> servers and can create virtual Web hosts, is to have them point to a real
> place, your own, with a message about why they were directed there.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> Hoover Chan                   chan at sacredsf.org
> Technology Network Coordinator
> Schools of the Sacred Heart
> 2222 Broadway St.
> San Francisco, CA 94115
>
>
> On Wed, 24 May 2006, Doug Simpson wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 18:56:41 -0500
> > From: Doug Simpson <veewee77 at alltel.net>
> > Reply-To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
> <k12osn at redhat.com>
> > To: Support list for opensource software in schools. <k12osn at redhat.com>
> > Subject: Re: [K12OSN] How to block myspace.com
> > Resent-Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 16:55:00 -0700
> > Resent-From: chan at sacredsf.org
> > Resent-To: hchan at albert.sacredsf.org
> >
> > One easy way to do this is to go into the /etc/hosts file and
> add these sites
> > at the end.
> >
> > examples:
> >
> > 127.0.0.1 myspace.com
> > 127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com
> > 127.0.0.1 what.ever.else.com
> >
> >
> > Do not disturb the first 127.0.0.1 line in there!!!! It has to
> be there and
> > correct for some things to work right.
> >
> > What this will do os cause the server to oint attemped
> connections to the
> > localhost.  If you have a webserver running, it will show your
> local site. .
> > .
> >
> > Quick and dirty, but you will drive yourself nutz trying to
> keep up with all
> > the variations of sites. . .
> >
> > There are places you can get lists of thousands of entries to ut in the
> > /etc/hosts file that will do this very effectively.  If I can
> remember, I
> > will look that info u later. . .
> >
> > Doug
> >
> >
> > Dave Prentice wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >> I'm sure this has been dealt with before, but I can't figure
> out how to
> >> search the archives. Is there an easy way on K12LTSP to
> prevent students
> >> from logging on to myspace.com? I've heard so many potential
> dangers that I
> >> don't want them accessing it from school.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Dave Prentice
> >>
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