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Block website access in Linux

 Basic Linux, Internet  Add comments
Nov 062010
 

Block website access in Linux

Answer:

The simple way to block access to web site is to change the hosts file.

1. Open the hosts file

# sudo vi /etc/hosts

2. Change the content, such as...

0.0.0.0 microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 oracle.com

3. Save the file.

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