Looking for "website filter" in a "software firewall"

You could disable DSN, or just not put a DNS entry in your network connection settings and then enter the website addresses in your HOST file, but this would also require you to enter the site addresses for your email system and any other non-website service you use - like your Antivirus software, Windows Updates, etc....

The host method is free.

:> I'm looking for a "filter" for Windows-XP so that i can only access two :> or three specific websites(domains).

:You could disable DSN, or just not put a DNS entry in your network :connection settings and then enter the website addresses in your HOST

But then people could connect if they knew the IP.

A different approach is to lock in a proxy configuration: proxy configurations for IE (and some other browsers) is just a bit of javascript that examines the destination and decides how to reach it. The code could allow through the desired locations and deny everything else (if necessary, by saying that the proxy server is 127.0.0.1.)

Ok, without looking, what's the IP of domains.yahoo.com, or MSN.com, or redhat.com....... Sure, they could get to a site if the already had the IP, but how many of us carry a list of sites/IP names?

|> :You could disable DSN

|> But then people could connect if they knew the IP.

|Ok, without looking, what's the IP of domains.yahoo.com, or MSN.com, or |redhat.com.......

I don't use any of those... though if I strained my memory a bit I could possibly come up with the MSN ones by thinking back to our firewall rulesets.

|Sure, they could get to a site if the already had the |IP, but how many of us carry a list of sites/IP names?

It only takes remembering one IP that one can telnet:// to or use as a proxy server.

These are all you need: http://216.92.207.177/toolboxhttp://69.2.200.183/

Those addresses provide DNS resolution (and other) tools. And that's only a couple websites that I use - I'll bet there are a few more too. Check them out.

In case anyone was/is leery of clicking on "unknown" IP addresses:

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These sites are safe and legit. :o)

And without DNS settings/ability, now are they going to get other locations resolved unless the build a HOST file at home and bring it to work (or use it at home)?

If I looked at the logs (as most routers have them) and found constant hits on those addresses I would block them.....

Thanks for translating. I hate IP addressed URLs, almost as much as I hate SnipURL / TinyURL / etc. For cases where your DNS server isn't available, or isn't reliable (Cache Poisoned maybe), those ip addresses may be useful though.

Have you considered adding them to a HOSTS file or something like DNSKong? That way they would translate before going out to your ISP's DNS server(s) and you wouldn't have to worry about their reliability.

For HOSTS:

For DNSKong Presets:

Well, I just keep the ip addresses handy for emergencies, and usually on computers that I don't use a lot.

I was pointing out to Leythos that disabling DNS can be gotten around easily enough, just have to know a couple websites like these.