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VPN changes IP Address/Geo Location successfully however the content blocking applied by my ISP persists only on Fedora Linux distribution
My ISP blocks many different websites. To bypass this I use a VPN service.
The VPN service works perfectly on other Linux distributions that I have tried like Ubuntu and openSUSE however it does not ...
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Block youtube via hosts file
I would like to block some distracting websites from my computer.
I figured the /etc/hosts file would be the right place to do so, because it will apply to all browsers and clients.
So this is what my ...
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How can I configure a scheduled allow list on my router? [duplicate]
I want to restrict access to the Internet for myself.
I'm looking for a network wide solution that:
allows me to block access to the internet for all devices in my local network
has the option to ...
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Mails not being downloaded over company WiFi
We have a problem at our company where during high traffic hours (starting around 8am) clients are dropping the mail server connection and cannot download mails (our mail server is hosted outside of ...
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How to actually block youtube app in router?
I wanted to block youtube for my lazy brother who is addicted to. I tried map IPs that youtube app access, and block each. But Google servers is like a octopus
In my router i think i have to block a ...
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Why does the hosts file in Windows 10 not block websites while using a free vpn?
I have already read this thread I couldnt comment there to ask for the expired links, and almost all steps in the solution here. The host file works fine without a VPN, but unfortunately am not able ...
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Is there a way to block access to some domains only when not using a VPN?
What I want is to block some websites when I forget to hide my IP with a VPN. so these websites need to be blocked with my own IP but accessible with a VPN.
my router has parental controls and it ...
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Windows 10 - Blocking a Website in Hosts File
I have blocked a lot of websites in my Windows 10 OS computer and edited the hosts file located in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. Below is the content of my hosts file:
127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com ...
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Unable to reach my own externally hosted website I was able to reach yesterday
I'm unable to reach my site, https://www.inagalaxyfarfarawry.com, at home via laptop, phone, and Firestick. I'm in Canada when I can't connect, though I'm still in Canada when I can connect (please ...
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I can't access an unblocked site without VPN [closed]
I cant access this site on my PC.
It is not blocked by government or any other authority.
All my friends and my phone can access this site.
Im using windows 10; using firefox, chrome, edge, int. ...
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Disable internet access but leave LAN working regardless of the user privilege
I'm looking for a command (or command-line program) to toggle (disable/enable) internet access to the outside world in Windows 10 pro. It should temporarily block internet access but leave the LAN ...
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iscsiadm hangs and tcpdump shows nothing
I am troubleshooting iscsiadm.
iscsiadm --mode discovery --portal 10.144.35.235 --type sendtargets --discover
The command mentioned above blocks and does nothing. I've cleared ipvs and iptables.
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Automatically redirect to a VPN
For some reason, medium.com is not available where I live.
Though, it is accessible via a VPN connection which in part takes some minutes in the process of opening the app, finding a server, and ...
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How to block specific URL rather than the entire domain on a computer without software?
I've been doing some googling and I can't seem to find an answer. How do you block a specific URL rather than the entire website without using a software.
For example, I want to block www.facebook....
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How do I block traffic to "evaluated" IPs without using a separate DNS?
To test the 'truthfulness' of a network function, I have set up a virtual machine running windows 10. I'm running the Microsoft network monitor on the virtual machine, and on the next level up, I'm ...
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How to block distracting websites using hosts file?
Regarding the question, I've asked before and the feedback I received, I've done the following in order to block Twitter
I ran command prompt as administrator and I entered the code ipconfig /...
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What are the IP ranges to block the entire Russian Federation? [closed]
Every single morning the Russian Federation keeps attacking our sites. Every single day I block their IP address and every single day they use a new sub net. I tried:
-A INPUT -s 4.53.0.0/16 -j DROP
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Bing and google blocked in windows firewall, still gets through
I have a set of computers here where I need to block google and bing. I ping google.com and bing.com which return some IP address that I add to my blocked windows firewall rules. Pinging these ...
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remove internet access for a single tool or process
I need to ban a local running tool or a process (or PID) from the internet into the "localhost"-world only, because it should not talk to the internet but should be available/accessible on localhost.
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How to block a dynamic list of websites remotely?
Situation:
My juniors at work have discovered how to use proxy sites to browse sites that are not appropriate at workplace (facebook, youtube, etc.). They found that fact due to my own mistake, but ...
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Qubes Firewall Not Working-Blocking Anything
On Qubes R3.2 I am running an AppVM made off fedora-23 template with the NetVM as the sys.firewall. In the firewall rules I have Deny Network Access except...and have nothing checked and nothing in ...
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Block ALL internet connection except localhost/127.0.0.1 - Windows 10
Is there a way to fully block all internet connections except for localhost connections? I want to test localhost projects on my PS4 without the PS4 being connected to the actual internet, I just need ...
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Windows 7 - How to whitelist connections on schedule basis?
How can I block internet connection to all websites and applications except given websites and application between 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM. After that time, everything should be unblocked.
I want a ...
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How could I block specific sub pages and not just domains (HTTP and HTTPS)?
So I am trying to make something that will block specific urls on my computer, not just an entire domain. For example, i'd like to block specific subreddits.
With HTTP this is pretty easy - I make a ...
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How to troubleshoot a connection timeout error
I'm from Colorado and living in Hong Kong, so I occasionally need to do business on the state government website, colorado.gov. I noticed several years ago that I've had problems reaching the site, ...
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Create a private tunnel for exchange data
Hypothetically, let's say I wanted to access my private email (or really just the calender) through my office network without installing anything on my work computer. Background; there used to be ...
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How can I block a certain website using url filter capability of my router even if I'm connected to a VPN?
In another attempt to reach the goal that I had in the following question, how can I block a certain website using hosts file even if I’m connected to a VPN?
I tried to enable url filter capability ...
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How can I block a certain website using hosts file even if I'm connected to a VPN?
In order to block some certain sites, I use the following codes in my hosts file:
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
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Blocking stackexchange
I want to block every website on the stackexchange network (as I often tend to waste a lot of time on those). How can I do it?
One solution is to obviously write all the sites' entries manually in ...
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Blocking Internet access by MAC host Cyberoam
There is a cyberoam router.
A firewall rule exits which drops all services from specific host.
Now the problem is if I specify the host as "IP host" and enter the source ip of particular node.
The ...
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How to properly use route table in my case?
I know that there are many tutorial and probably topics about it, but I just can't configure it to work for me. I hope someone could help me :) I'm using Windows 10, but it shouldn't be problem.
So, ...
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How to use different services (ftp, vpn) if all ports are blocked except 80 and 443
Unfortunately the sysadmin blocked all ports in my network except 80 and 443 so just the browser works properly. Previously I've used VPN, (S)FTP, SSH to work remotely. Now I cannot do that.
Could ...
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is there any way to access a site which is blocked from router?
I have 2 PC's named as PC A and PC B. PC A can access to all sites but PC B has limited access. The router restricts to certains sites like youtube in PC B as its mac address is blocked in router.
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Browser traffic is blocked but pinging traffic isn't
In my school, the internet only allows us to connect to Email and to our school course pages where content, homework, etc is posted.
If I try to go to hulu.com in the browser, I get a blank ...
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Blocking a specific application's access to a specific domain
I want to block a specific application's access to a domain. I would normally do this by adding the domain to my hosts file and having it redirect to localhost, but that will disable all applications' ...
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How to find out where my https traffic is being blocked
I have a network of machines around the country, connecting via https to a cloud-based server through cellular modems.
Only one machine has a problem connecting. When I run nmap -p 443 <server_ip&...
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How to block specific sites on Asus wifi router?
I have this router (Asus Wireless-N300 Router). Also I have Windows 7 workstation and ipad 4. The workstation is connected to router with help a ethernet cable. Ipad 4 gets internet on wifi.
I want ...
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VPN is blocked only on windows?
Hi was trying to setup an vpn on my macbook because the network i am on blocks a lot of pages and it worked fine on the macbook i used the afreevpn.com vpn it worked no problems then i tried on my ...
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Can not connect home network devices from internet // Cablecom deferring my requests
I reciently moved to Switzerland. I was trying to set my home network configuration as I'm used to (SSH Access to my box, VPN Server, ...) I did the configuration on the router and I was even able to ...
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How to block access to certain websites without additional programs?
Say I want to block "xxx-xxxx-xxx-xxxx" and that alone from being accessible from any web browser on the system.
Is there any way to do that plainly and simply without having a need for bulk ...
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How do I block a host by ASN? Example - AS16276
There are a handful of especially toxic hosts out there. There is no reason we need to allow any of their IP's access to our servers. Is there a way we can block them using their ASN or other global ...
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Windows Server 2008 - Remote Desktop 3389 - How to BLOCK Incoming PROXY
I'm managing a Server 2008. I need to access it by Remote Desktop on 3389.
But I'm experiencing several Brute-Force attacks on 3389 per day.
I notice that it always comes from the same workstation, ...
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Website that is blocked at router / modem level still accesable
I've blocked several websites at a router / modem level (not sure which one as we have an all in one router / modem - which is a BT 2Wire unit) most of the blocks work fine, but some of the websites ...
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Avoiding geo-blocking
I'm trying to avoid a Spanish site blocking me because of my location in UK.
I joined Golden Frog VyperVPN and I could connect to their sever in Spain, so that I can see I have a Spanish IP if I use ...
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Adding items to /etc/hosts doesn't block Facebook on Windows 8
I have seen that I can't block facebook by adding 127.0.0.1 on Windows 8! Searching on Internet let me know that I should use IP V6 loopback for blocking facebook. Now I have added the following lines ...
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Avoid ISP blocking VPN connection
I have rented a Virtual Private Server and I have set up a VPN (of type PPTP) following this simple tutorial.
It seems that the VPN server is set up correctly, and the VPS administrators told me that ...
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How to block access to Facebook for all users in a small business?
A relative of mine has a small accounting office and he decided to block facebook in the network. Ive been looking for a solution for blocking the https site but I had to enter all ip adresses to ...
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How to bypass web URL filtering service to access blocked websites (proxy) [closed]
I'm using network, where services such as Gmail or any other e-mails, Google Drive, Dropbox, all social networks are blocked.
Basically my goal is to access simply GMail, but I couldn't find any way ...
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How would I go about knocking someone off my home internet?
Is there a way I can see who is accessing the internet on my network and block them?
I am connected through Ethernet and there are 2 laptops connecting though the network via wifi, and it is the ...
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Feedback to router users during access-restricted hours for DD-WRT
Following router schedule rules that I change often, the stock firmware on my D-Link 825NA rev. B redirects HTTP requests to a built-in "Access denied!" warning at appointed times.
I just upgraded ...
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