Re: How to block certain web sites with m0n0wall

Gold Dragon Inc wrote:
> The thing is that I need some of m0n0wall features such as captive portal,
> but It would also be good to have domain blocking feature. I know some
> mikrotik firewall has it, but it would be a waste to drop m0n0wall since it
> is already working just fine. I just need that one small feature.
> 
> I also ran some tests and it seemed that DNS forwarding in m0n0wall can be
> used to trick all the internal computers to go to fake IP when requesting
> certain websites. Please confirm me whether I am right or wrong.
> 
> I set the DNS Forwarding for playboy.com to 255.255.255.255 and tried to go
> there and the page just looping infinitely with nothing to show.
> 

Wouldn't 127.0.0.1 be a better choice for the redirect? The broadcast 
address above might have some unwanted side effects.

Bob McConnell
N2SPP