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Domain blocker for Linux Mint

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Description:

Blocks outgoing traffic towards chosen domain names using /etc/hosts.

User reviews:

	Score	Comment
jelabarre59 6 months ago	3	Major problem with this is you can't do a temporary change without forcing a user off or rebooting. If they are already on or have recently visited the site, the DNS is already in the system and the browser will not bother re-checking the entry. This needs to purge the DNS cache to be at all useful.
cmoi 1 year ago	3	Bof...
mintos 2 years ago	4	Wish it could display a jpg like dexter in windows.Also I wish that it could sync your added domains to a cloud just like Firefox's bookmarks
Hammer459 3 years ago	1	What is the point of a domain blocker??
asderceder 3 years ago	3	I don't see why it's essential for the system but it's small and it works so I don't really mind
Cityscape 3 years ago	2	It's only good for blocking a few specific sites, not much other than that. It's not good for protection your kids because you have to enter each site in manually, meaning there will be many bad sites that remain unblocked. A much better alternative for protecting children (or anyone not wishing to see certain content) is Dansguardian.) Also note that with MintNanny blocking www.something.com is different than blocking something.com, so you'd really need 2 seperate entries.
jahid_0903014 3 years ago	4	necessary package
nb14 4 years ago	3	It works when it is running, but to start it you need to enter your su-password. I can't find any documentation.
perpipon 4 years ago	1	useless no options, just yes or no for yout own manual input (I would not be able to block all the f****** porn websites and others on my own), no users (well allowing only disney for all users if whitelist was avalaible is a pitty) ...whitelist ...blacklit ... and well known website!!!
antonijn 5 years ago	1	I'm against the whole principle...
fotonix 5 years ago	2	/etc/hosts approach is too global, need per-user white list black list etc.
dinosb 5 years ago	5	Excellent if you don't want your kid browsing through unwanted parts of the Net. Very easy to use.
francheu 5 years ago	3	un peu plus de fonctionnalités seraient les bienvenues
leo__sg1 5 years ago	2	Deberia ser más completo :(
ulysses 6 years ago	4	Will helpful to who needs it.
plainvanilla 6 years ago	2	too basic since it uses etc/hosts only. google.com would block only google.com and not www.google.com
RavS 6 years ago	4	Quite good. Works when u want to stop some sites from opening. And others can have a hard time finding out why it refuses to open!
Germmare 7 years ago	3	what for ? ...
grim 7 years ago	4	Just works!
dagon 7 years ago	4	It works well. ( you need to restart firefox after adding domains )
RobinJ 7 years ago	1	It doesn't work...
guismo 7 years ago	4	very good as a default, but could get more options
nicu96 7 years ago	5	sehr gut, aber das bräuchte man eher für windows (schonmal kinder gesehen die mit linux arbeiten?)
wanda 7 years ago	3	Niemahls gebraucht.
linuxmint 7 years ago	5	Awesome GUI for managing the hosts file. Great for newbies.

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