blocking web sites

[Wes James]

On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net> wrote:

> On 09/03/2013 09:12 AM, Wes James wrote:
> > You could use iptables to block an outgoing ip address:
> >
> >
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-iptables-6-how-to-block-outgoing-access-to-selectedspecific-ip-address.html
> >
> > -wes
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:43 PM, rikona <rikona at sonic.net
> > <mailto:rikona at sonic.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     I am getting cookies in Opera 12 that I can't delete, and it is
> >     pi****g me off. Can I just block the site completely by simply
> >     entering the url in the hosts file? Haven't needed that in a long
> >     time, and still wondering if that's the best way to block sites in
> >     Ubuntu 12.04...
> >
> >       Thanks,
> >
> >      rikona
> >
> >
> I may be missing something, but I think the OP wants to block
> *incoming* messages, not outgoing. I'd like to do that too--my
> trash bin overflows with stuff I have filtered (Thunderbird).
>
> --doug
>


A browser request is not an incoming request.  It's an outgoing request.
Block the ability to even get to the site and he can't get a cookie from
that site.

It looks like chrome can make cookie exceptions, etc....

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

-wes
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