I missed the beginning message in this thread I guess but a simple local solution to block a site is to specify it in the hosts file and direct it to somewhere else. That's for Ubuntu, windows, whatever. <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Jordon Bedwell <<a href="mailto:jordon@envygeeks.com">jordon@envygeeks.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> On 09/02/2011 02:58 PM, ANDY wrote: > On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Chris <<a href="mailto:racerx@makeworld.com">racerx@makeworld.com</a>> wrote: >> Why not use opendns? > Local control is often preferred. > In my case, I use Google DNS. Maybe I'm just losing my mind here, but if local control is preferred why are you using Google DNS again? I mean I just don't understand? What does that even mean to say that and then use Google DNS? -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>