Is there any better way to block websites than using iptables? I would like to block all website's on the myspace server. I'd also like to block all instant messaging chatting from this computer. This computer is also running windows in VMware server, so I'd like to block myspace from being used from it too. If I use iptables to block myspace, it will block it from any web browser even if the web browser is IE6 running in VMware Server right? I got this ip using ping. How can I block all of it sending and coming to this computer? ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ping <a href="http://www.myspace.com">www.myspace.com</a> PING <a href="http://www.myspace.com">www.myspace.com</a> (<a href="http://216.178.32.51">216.178.32.51</a>) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from <a href="http://216.178.32.51">216.178.32.51</a>: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=115 ms 64 bytes from <a href="http://216.178.32.51">216.178.32.51</a>: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=156 ms --- <a href="http://www.myspace.com"> www.myspace.com</a> ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1005ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 115.457/136.140/156.823/20.683 ms ubuntu@ubuntu:~$